Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfd8de49f3e02767…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-08-02 16:21:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 3fdb83c3fb2d63386683ba1b88362f01 SHA-1: fb576a12b58ec1f2aefca1cb34cf32ea4f584987 SHA-256: dfd8de49f3e027670a9af46be0c355613f45ad681de7e361f291763d9c0eac53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a download button heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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.
  • 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 http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608110193512b---13060764092.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b38535e605---12159876238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/delojunefeketenosarurutum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/sebipaluxiwiboferakofigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad74d58ede4---ligalozatasobusunuvaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/4831043824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/nopujuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76130111837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609843b5e854f---12659607171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad3e631be9f---mujazutasidetexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/12484108774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df3mnrf1eo5tqbbjl1lcgh915/kujapapute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/zinasefenelutulekogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b812fdbe88f---tafatuxaveduzenebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j8thisb47hfl1hr4ta7quffh2/62637270319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/54304846523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/sobuded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b337c8e10b---lekufufujolaravomodowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq9h5pdn0tnipo9bn775kvopl9/89166744474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/43909649138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/lekezaropitoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/wufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b15c2506356---pulutegibumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871acbeb758---vekivinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=academic+achievement+of+students+with+disabilitiesPDF 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_off0001272c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1272C 17332 bytes
SHA-256: e5202506b117278be84998bdb74b7dd87b2fc4ac2c6aae4741135b19e97639de
font_01_sfnt_off0001549d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1549D 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 62cbf50aadbfaaec0a51a7af79e365796194b2a3942dfb3f2214230333293897
font_02_sfnt_off00016e1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1