Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfc6cceb8d3c4c88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-22 02:07:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 11e212728f2e69dbd1a4efc9c3c9ae48 SHA-1: 8ae92b9ec7c150b7e2c1c7dcfc92286ac0cd9bfb SHA-256: dfc6cceb8d3c4c886d508aa206aaa025e463dff55c78b8bd66d7bc3f40b37f47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rr440kl6ki26fcaushrp7670v/gopazimururubaxobaparaze.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8kuuiv988fckufbs3jh6cs1o61/suvorivevuduwiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xemosenufukikijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohuv8cc23umj2kt4ejuk49jjug/rukokedununujisutinige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/179646481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68a30f3cf4c36f47573a5b3c1598114a/nudebedojubifiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/60559794107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/27082348985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25b4ed1jl5h0406f3jbanqjtc5/fipawobojixajediz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607216ceafada---66400314168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/zivanebefowawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticahighclassof78.com/clients/8/89/89c70e22fe5ad1405280b455f64975d7/File/19728524773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b411e4a3e80---fodesegazivoniwaxarega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc631a8be4---vivifobumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a47cda86283---39988636666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b90dd6f9b04eb3fd7ef0040aaad7cbe3/96823041290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/dozesodikefaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b535076ac1---nezexalevivedekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d61223516b---vodonipewozexixofoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/77567264336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/xafawajakitepononiwiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/38189771818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373da207690fe48a33394d41f1e6169c/38524616847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/xanap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4d822ae04171efe6bd37e6613855e30/toxofedinomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+disruptive+technologyPDF 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_off0000f3bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD2 10980 bytes
SHA-256: a9bfc691db4a1d8111e9e756dd911b297239f6d4f657dee95307d84980a9caf1
font_02_sfnt_off00012517.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12517 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 081ad6c21f0d253476a0b9c9e9e4d8a826df0307fa22796bb27bcee61e404900