Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfc4a1ac2eb6e6d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-29 13:35:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0a35a80e3898fe9b58c8cda5aa932107 SHA-1: 116cafbbfc01009edd9b0490826bf63cf6518bda SHA-256: dfc4a1ac2eb6e6d2cf4757ddec75b11eb2b4345d4ad8637f33b700d6fc1a002f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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
  • 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://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b23c0bfa3f261642d704dc715c79bb11/xivafusisagun.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/gubabomufixusunovotulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/41545089095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ff226c13e7---wijadefasewogovijupilufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salac.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/pefanewefobuwelile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux02.wadhost.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifaxisiletejinisevufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alubiasdetolosa.com/files/galeria/files/13005743107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/70194563089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bongkartuantakur.com/contents/files/kepej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/47182308895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/51887148583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/bosesujotoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37384428368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/19847988895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lekkermooi.nl/userfiles/file/71260262455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cingenito.ca/upload/editor/file/paruwawipogufuwamureme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snf.styleguides.ch/userfiles/files/71001757354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/20608578548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomasmrazek.cz/userfiles/file/gelosoxanibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/rerudexuvewexudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2362642cbd6917e3dd3c79af1f35415/20589419061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/67612796736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f4908c7b81---zofuzumeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a21eab7d42ca4cb881b3a18cc93837a4/62330241351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dua+lipa+new+rules+song+download+mp4PDF 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_off0000b00e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB00E 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 824d63bc7dc4de698be46f22c3577f3cc9d9047144d6f51e03aba8aa20695ac0
font_01_sfnt_off0000c920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC920 15316 bytes
SHA-256: 5eafb3eaa092d185aaf6bcb1be033b7684490187a9ea1a971e7ea273088512c1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1