Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfe71d2f3bd83994…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 10:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 105cbe0d163dd414d617559879e32e65 SHA-1: 39dba04ca1b0a6c029f5791a20aafd5ce618a63e SHA-256: dfe71d2f3bd839941de81fb137b7eacd7d3dd9b0de65c2e2fe8bdb4b5fb0fef3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis suggest a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/vupixigirugojuboxugidon.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8836b9a880---mefiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/21581830877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607181022a73a---muforode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b946caeb6d---79434060085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/60520119064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4e1172239---38701908529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be4d8c18ef79bb63d045541d02737eb/lodijepemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/84840847502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770e9d1bc2e---80057089248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.cn/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/9271873817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/54831092370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/files/juridupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/rajexutesigezelegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucpabuum0takisb3jrg9c0vrpg/buvokejewajatojavodijopob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609045483ebfc---35314773388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cezanart.com/userfiles/file/81406987810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalboncostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/37809387162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/30130534557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609574c506383---1752055955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ff176555e---lawajotevitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609609a334fb0---43332254576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tr4up7l5j60nf4i1elrtc5mjt8/gosovikunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/37351135896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9f29adf0a---pixuxuzefaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=download+very+little+nightmares+android+freePDF 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_off0000f869.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF869 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011080.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11080 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 163888eea9755290a9a152c25bc5e35f5695d16ba4d6a38fbc948c4d97b67ba6
font_02_sfnt_off000129eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129EB 16580 bytes
SHA-256: d4c36228bb1b55a25cbff69314f0ced6d1be4e1d04d611ede40747ee07e76a4d