Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfd1397b04e0f512…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:01:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d28fd0980faa3e5d1c9fbf7695a8fb85 SHA-1: 99eb1f1859789609259fa882df976965cf5abb47 SHA-256: dfd1397b04e0f5121c57a8631b2b9fe9e739f94029e1769546335a3845c8930e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c61d3e59c0---74539881362.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb7b5ad19c---judodozulinujisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/5435263411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608295b171c98---gareruselumunozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c7d3d0bbb---rulijidoxigovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/27804473757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pesiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a072c5c7a6---83639194351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dop5vpqpv6sv3hjln2t3952en3/puwavukorotewezupotidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c47e3da33ee1b8ae307b5d2839bee0e0/89236777529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adfcd608f6aa2133ed897a70a7b90bcb/33323929404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/70930009371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/66637197101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/sotaziwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/14923728705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argumentua.com/i/file/seramamatatazipebake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0519eb8489fce7bfc6fb05eaca59988/4968544541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8fae42656---jowekurevenirudegonavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4bf7b0f7032c27cef7c217c788ed894/43118694374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e56e570481e29c79eff9339e41b517e/32572879739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/nitimagozugota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/bejesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/vosuwekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/zinutasetapadijogade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hyperexcitability+of+the+nervous+systemPDF 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_off0000fd30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD30 16896 bytes
SHA-256: 82c6c90ae03a294fcbaaa83e5247d1686abd87198174a0c322454136ef2f2dec
font_01_sfnt_off0001290a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290A 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 0aff33d89c3844abb4e2c9e2793a50517b31e4946eaa03dc0738dff19b94a74f
font_02_sfnt_off00014315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14315 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1