Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df4ba3e44c40a90f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:45:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2d1d68f11caf3de46aca79ca984f90f3 SHA-1: bb442f741d8f9bab2a9b3ae623c8e1f7e842c981 SHA-256: df4ba3e44c40a90f2cb40252ec3a118b2d869fcb24414cafa5897bdeb57a0b87
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a high density of links pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, likely serving as a visual disguise for clickable links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/86581032394.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe51c175b04---jewegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5094504126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morard-mcf.fr/data/Files/bevununaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u60lcf5gt8199o3lr0nq8rokc3/nawaxafefogopezatik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217fb5b35c2f775a4e526dc446d97b8d/19834723220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/79624310609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b38320bb8d5---20262596636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/xokagelezezukoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jimsclub.net/new/board/img_tinfo/file/20210807064901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badanie-wody.pl/galeria/file/81152657117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cd089730d02212e701eb2cf3c7792b6/66098226697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45904967627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefinavogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/59935589234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madang.eu/f_pds/fck/file/2506163351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidra.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98702358559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ej2r06avrgsenogaamip5gm67/kizadoxawisovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/63581909791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omnistopbollards.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28276699339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/fazilawifajopezate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtamdaykem.vn/Images_upload/files/52956918663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maffart-guy.com/userfiles/file/85673177224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608419d943513---88520749980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/wovowuselitumupovubunotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/95972299941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=crystal+springs+water+dispenser+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b341.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB341 13852 bytes
SHA-256: 6d2f0dad74d0f608253392cf9249242f286037506044f3081a3dab54909477da
font_01_sfnt_off0000d506.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD506 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 17c70735d657f46f4d3259f9e5e3809734879c6e6f49b82adc70c2bd048a2484
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1