Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfab326e2a062bc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:50:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a6ac4432850838f46aa6177e927853cf SHA-1: 33dd6abc41dc79970b1165816f23b416cf791611 SHA-256: dfab326e2a062bc9cd7e9686969060975de91453835093c3486367b2860433bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks. The presence of a download button lure further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+solutions+class+10+maths+chapter+12+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af996043c88---89650224878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bivokak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c903ae3e2da---taxivaweduzakegagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848c1e3b145---33246012627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/31494347491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3cf857793---6387943845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/87072342596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e412f88f2e3---fuxudunoxozipitifowebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b804f7d769ae7f62db93dbc35e38734f/46390361058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/sevaxisujosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8b6d7dd6e6a0434197606894c091a9e/33538872509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/vegenefezaxina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/wewija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usdcp.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/32792267374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moderncarrent.com/user_img/files/35346544930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f1294a0cd---bogajesuxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selidbe-beograd.info/files/xilewuwefobobaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altadirezione-consulting.it/userfiles/files/16756795216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/popodijuximerixaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/jilokekitumowasesare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4smontreal.com/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/23457043315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupitubopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2b152e89e---94696790997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/944eecb7bff2991aba9b71ae448023f7/zerimisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro.ovh.net/~tribuene/images/banque/file/dimojojoziluzugupewipaj.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_off0000ce25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE25 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 1c3cc6d2af27eec14ccc4ebf8ac9de4ad911af120d7b181616e70ff850a866db
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D8 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 50d7e203ce168ae9f2214b7b1da10ba3980ccbde7fcf3ccad5806fd526f26fec