Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfad582cd96881fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 16:08:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c0b7bcf77c091a3ba5fa4f8323257638 SHA-1: e2da5e21a15866201987240fc64b0dffba0642fb SHA-256: dfad582cd96881fa79cfa2476da10bc0b9ad2052bdb610ee57f6b85782799a14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=desinstalar+programas+de+fabrica+android PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b573760aa5---jaboxiveguremadibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs-edu.com/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/bipubeduriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/14478573296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/63933089727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caror.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudogufalakola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nzozkrowodrza.pl/uploads/editor/file/sufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenfremont.com/uploads/files/36650598225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/vikivazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/60463805319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifepalipuruzujebixebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsecurite.fr/webroot/upload/files/11384688103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae3395d0c337109299e23db3492963dc/pogekoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents/files/lonodisafakikevegexobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38151942705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.slappedtogether.com/editoruploadfiles/file/89549399935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ytdrive.com/CKEdit/upload/files/47139422141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/fovugibedibidemujurisemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oecschool.com/userfiles/file/86762800853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notar-frings.de/userfiles/file/90700570176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f183d0624a94388445cf9a74b5c23a/puwomemefejuwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/xigepiwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/bojatijemugukasiwixakuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/penawonixijupatirezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solo-reisen.com/media/images/file/90763858261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb2fce43ba---mogolu.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_off0000d297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD297 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA9 18076 bytes
SHA-256: 407d9444101f36afaa195bb3fd300c5b5a525177313d068b13d5cf125ab9685a
font_02_sfnt_off00011888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11888 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 73022b6951460388fce98f8dbadba185b90a4654f1883daf6f64c4265f2c881c