Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df74dbab7826efbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:06:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5c8d6d35db4cf080cf2f26af168d6fbe SHA-1: 4e9f46c805abd9d484a7310c3745c26d6863a982 SHA-256: df74dbab7826efbd995d938f97e1ab92c973e92012a8c97a96c77bb51ddec5dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites, in turn, host further PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage distribution or phishing campaign. The embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm point towards an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66ea48ab9c---21514883948.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/28940459160ae713fcf879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56113839d51de049f812c1bc489ae109/wobupagononuwifamuvarewuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t45fceqfgs5t9i01gk5fkv763/vikoxorusibobavexejirerib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607333d2879d4---bivitemoxoxufasuroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717a0c5981c---gezunivunuvatamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/dogumodugawegesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/40363646851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fa5e0eb84f38b2d642e676f16b20190/xiwakomebixugumewudereka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e6bf6d6a273e4ca94d7f2a7383cd6a7/bozikukuwexuxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27683645275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab83c93f83a---gukezuribozuwerujudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf437553b352ce6bba26ca4169213df/zaxanalebawozabidifaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14e7c020991bc6b839291d7fc6a7bb3d/kobupunabakupepujan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8562664fdcb20eb61874354bcdc6e59f/mireminasezudizazetukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contentworks.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e096d6a5202---4906367112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6fc3ae01e---retuwekewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089857d2ba7a---61970146709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/rididususin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/5350572996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/lijekawukobigewujomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c25de452fb---woxubapusipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/gofanin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/6492133067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsbv1ipjd2g39daosfa9ds7a2a/tapinujesaluzulopago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+wep+key+on+routerPDF 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_off0000f0d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D0 16580 bytes
SHA-256: be220ff822360cd3fe1aafdcb635e9419f53f72bf52d721f377aa1db46088750
font_01_sfnt_off00011c0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13425 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 714cf99c044991d1b72a3588127c9c02f078a49e0c6a7fd515752788a2b36b44