Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df7dcf338956d3d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:18:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 36835b1aefe3982eb60ec7774aa82b62 SHA-1: cec354901fce5129176c135f35631a0e14e81610 SHA-256: df7dcf338956d3d1db998bba49a6d659726ab3f0d1614879025efd3f0c47e94c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. This pattern is commonly used for phishing or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/46184533562.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/55501797609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4921e9f620---kubarovonunuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afbba0e73e---15705471976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/35831180673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockjoohin.com/admin/uploads/file/venopirapupimali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18449a3c8c8fe44d6a8fb7fb6d424b89/bobekomowagolumexato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1962b7af9cfb503692ed47a6d44479/65402207873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/diditaxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujapukurogafaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9ba12c0a7---51287943430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ffcfb24b3---fupejedotarum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/35562166830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/17832926170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/matitawazinunoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e3c3667f2---zomasonerusadagalel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d5e93adcd5f9efa922fa930951492d3/bazoteropegasejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96f7cbc7492bc383c6c4bb310753ccdb/bifuvapitokelujifetiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b95ba76663989375ac8c438a2fa4d5fe/lukoziwinipevawaxinesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a27fc9de5264f242e633da88edeceb5b/kuwuxafuxivilofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202163321534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=burnham+boilers+series+2+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_off0000d2de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2DE 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 6e63d688b6d2ace8e23665417c5657e61f9daa046faf662005812569e0622f86
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB29 19220 bytes
SHA-256: 98edfb01cb220f775c5bd6feea9db678b197a07d6a9397293eae6b3682641ec2
font_02_sfnt_off00011d6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1