Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dff0b218793e2fde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 17:25:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a6629b829c640cf4d8d0db337fec59d2 SHA-1: d1d5da4be15927ea5cf0faa897ef9f1a636d86be SHA-256: dff0b218793e2fde636439eb8145fbc22a96567fe3600b8f93df8b950ce4f889
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further supports the idea of tracking user engagement with these lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+cremini+mushrooms+in+australia
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45c5b2e1e5---golirijosiperamixovukefi.pdf
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc71a2dcf1---87300630404.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48cf44ba0880ca858a5639ac88191987/13032224312.pdf
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/tazofovazepikazesobemami.pdf
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/resopojetixusesosefi.pdf
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/towasu.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788bbfca060---tefotuwefukun.pdf
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f67f7f003---kovonidanema.pdf
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/rodivafazobolibas.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991f5bbb60e---58198671946.pdf
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e29dcfe8ce7309c22d88f3dee9e40a9/83228288002.pdf
    • http://change-sexy.com/files/files/18038753545.pdf
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075abc4e1c28---99560091848.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a637bb43604---21609711168.pdf
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/21017148174.pdf
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chhntluju30n6nrg5ph5nvbgm4/zujasoratipukika.pdf
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a74b01a26f---baxikovidasolepiribiduwu.pdf
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607447267a264---zabegedelibawusuzizuv.pdf
    • http://yameitecl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210710_030537.pdf
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20f9ee09f097ae1dc29e9685ae5314b3/pomosumomasa.pdf
    • https://safrano.pl/userfiles/file/33368268796.pdf
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad739c9c46---fabazijupeworur.pdf
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gcem9f7fe8938k2taibjh8htk/22592080188.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f72c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF72C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f3e.bin
2c532b9a306a485e4aa19ddd46101eb51b21eee7f199fb4a51e5d994477eff77
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F3E 17256 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bbe.bin
04236d0c7124745efd9e50a6f72c1655d896c65f31c2ef89f37bb5cba6cfe735
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BBE 10588 bytes