Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df7ad04acd969fb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-13 11:00:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: a2b8cc51f8593811604b848729fd7b9a SHA-1: 1a797cb7b48e4e5dd102e21ee1b88ad19d417432 SHA-256: df7ad04acd969fb8eb3f5a04d7c2eab3ed470a6838dd4e2e47cb9c80ae29b973
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing malware or conducting phishing attacks. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=total+warhammer+guide PDF link annotation
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/nalexebako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993ab9a1ccd---gekibukurifoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oikto7r7isphm9l18vqc337v8o/doditedixoduxilirisobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53bttv1cqnneklmodmsfbkenn4/famimuraruvugufebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cef01b951---3895995296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e55901c623---sewifugakasubinunatunazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/votub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbgprpk7biiq.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojalesuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f90ede6a4---boxesepijijufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/83594500397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210630115447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/semivudowaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c161b71741bb6e8d5865ff4e05d5bc/wigepineviwibirasexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12ceb98cc43b1f17708cca12d0c605b0/87356046524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourpon.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210627_83ED1700CDAFF4E2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04d32ee82eea9aac897aa4f2120d7d3d/59579547422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/xetixekeguvafivipiwuvebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/6353811815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe8b1bec0d72f653ac86959585bbd647/32969667183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6c0802ac0---zijuponobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a179ab2af---torasajupolelakomifisipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e848c0cf4c7a35d14c2f49ae07015b6/84150976011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atya.eu/files/file/pogixezopataxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4bb9b01dbd448d8acef74efefc94ba5/poxelidufitetetadudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2bd18a026430ebd4c37973895fed768/79333825940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fb98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB98 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 61887b39830436f547a708628824a3285dc6bbd23fa976f1e7c183cc5c441434
font_01_sfnt_off00011390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11390 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ba2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA2 17556 bytes
SHA-256: 1cbf4938751a5f63c008d177411d414a995e464c98974d476a214af7b1fd5ade