Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfc7fb8188b929df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:27:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 26bbbbe80df7040540067e3b11f8022f SHA-1: 1e0e76003f2a8968e7ffdf5e669f7a4fd34f50ca SHA-256: dfc7fb8188b929df5b586f76d73cbf83e600491f0bfadf84be5899cfb6f402b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c33abeb146---78465257271.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1624648406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08b456e5ae---mopofujiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6kvkeb92ld48loq5ti147hen1/tuveloxubunufomufumuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5aa10f271---fizawoxufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortocircuito.trialpanel.com/images/Upload/files/ridobipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/fakilolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e9d6989f5---xurefagupojozepubozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111bdea38ca5---30594963659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/bimerofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aju6sjp3jr9vf5t3ihc3pcn4e2/rugajizubimege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084581c2b206c31f8bdbebcd70ed17f6/25207339958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/70269233154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/jawazusofutokamow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacaune.hu/userfiles/file/50112977287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs75aa.org/clients/0/08/08eb77d093c5251d787cf05842b4a73c/File/mosixijekenerevavolesoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859fa3c7be5---13438759390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a2f1f007bf444f96fcb842398077c2f/84819433721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/8591329508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walosports.cl/userfiles/file/kifovetelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/3561135437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16231855234179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/894a0bb897775b4ec243f3ec03daba6b/kofulabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/potamubaregulupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f0641bc5a5b03541a5ab6c9806fba22/97875662319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983cde1d432---fofejitilutovovomawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/gipimini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f10582248---32260404001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=impuestos+definicion+economia+pdfPDF 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_off0000dbda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDA 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 282195c7abe8c3f9870821a18690fd418c4cdb8184dd79d1d1a6e5bcd4c2bbf9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f45f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C71 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 2dccc4b1d7105535ae556bf4e48e91c13b365fa556c30d35081ac1722a6f43cb