Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfbbcf3c7ac3c2a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:05:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8fe9a14bc1bb76879921356180efa646 SHA-1: e6cb529d53cb843576d5c00682fab9620e62bf6a SHA-256: dfbbcf3c7ac3c2a6e087657efcf1aa5bb470d1dd48658d0f0e1992ac31c0fdd5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The presence of a visual download button and instructions for a password-protected archive suggest a lure to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/84314535991.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75830a423d---4675563469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/kojimekokevetize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofuwamerabikarexisogewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/70826423147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drkoopman.nl/cmsimages/file/59493662931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ues-rb.ru/themes/ues-rb.ru/files/wifajug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentish.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42380330679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095621959f02---91723834981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kreativitaet-stadlhofer.at/global/images/userfiles/file/bakubefipilitakavikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5b10d85ad---73785996616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19945572110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/gibevaniwedubojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omegaplus.bg/uploads/pages/files/31549759810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokobalebefasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13037638898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomerealestate.org/images/file/sebuzowomotojejivulep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9dab0d08b---bajukezuziwovapubaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0f6kes5k8e7d4hhldk6vrp675/pasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/ragija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5fc5c19b71---tasorosupezatofomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.ca/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/83220584524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607445f58b90a---gutekixedekuzufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i339nab09nr54i7it4k763i8tf/17341411769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=dopdf+download+for+windows+7+64+bitPDF 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_off0000cfad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFAD 10880 bytes
SHA-256: c8a80357d4858592cf3988d98925a0c2a0d9b6636e3875e1353c4e889d4ef147
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D9 16832 bytes
SHA-256: ca4b233d44d49dafac7698191fe9e230d41ba7bd98f6f18522d5568b3f451eb4
font_02_sfnt_off000113e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1