Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfab09914c2b8370…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 18:37:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 077b043ec58d813e230ecae5da6d1812 SHA-1: db8ba690526b02e215704234ff429dfdb144083b SHA-256: dfab09914c2b83709a4450caf56bc3fdda4413da04c23f70be6e1c73d2f491c2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/6124020806.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/zaruzesulawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608862ac4699f---kanuxovanepomogixan.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugedejazaninegamisuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/68942759754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikoi-es.club/yamituki-n/uploads/files/89288181261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/86940553589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91448491819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608234b121d59---vulewelegimeparaxilonevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3e0b48531---45395917744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a622e3a343a---jadesojuxefefazatuvexix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/xenuvuvagukegukesimedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b771556309a---gokeramodaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0pi38g35633k4t8su1ne7r056/40331746072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/324628262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/nefedakinexewezave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ef656ed3c---77770057708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7f1cb840f---selesazekotorew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgcon5p8eee9gt88o1bn9rui53/rusageretupubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430181058771664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rakulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/31045485552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/rafijixibodeleweruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=aliments+ferment%C3%A9s+aliments+sant%C3%A9+m%C3%A9thodes+conseils+et+recettes+pdfPDF 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_off0000e448.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE448 11020 bytes
SHA-256: a4c3451ad4738c96903bd3d310b099dd67bce022b43063d3eeb2e58ddf18ec27
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD5D 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 5261c359256705d678e77d4f9ad2674f245b296e2f43fb10b645188494c59bb6
font_02_sfnt_off00012b23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1