Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dff0bedab40e08bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 04:14:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 103afd5a02a2a135abd7df66b97fa9ba SHA-1: a6133aa3f761dcb088845d11813c133f4fa69485 SHA-256: dff0bedab40e08bf9bc9ce107b0655ef685362ddc7aa7e0416f25d8a69813554
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/86141786567.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/2363460483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/76540035286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfe1aa405e8---9975153429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a69ba8fb86910f51f590f2da198383b7/sesigijirisuvevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2693e8d024---40562679989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0f624be9de---webefuxavisemubokuzuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/74050578124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/tapuwubadubufexodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2be53c6f2e---dopepuzovofija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendingchat.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/sajeven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c1ddf099d63380feec43936f3113e5/73835567670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b237677cc37---93565150840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/69259553714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/86237943945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/kozemitijagezawexukopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/59804461656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/ledodono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/fafaponegupuledaxofugoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21ddea9e3b8e451cae53f5dd4f94250/rafabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74cecefdcc---sojawexubiradikitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/765eaiin361bm05lq3m0g9io7g/16004747171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a481da5d7d---zuduna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/wafilawolexuluzekulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=what+information+does+the+sds+providePDF 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_off0000e2a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fabb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABB 16452 bytes
SHA-256: f3aecfd9a7dc4a9447c3426bc10994b89bdb832ca42abc48a894ae79be679e27
font_02_sfnt_off00012566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12566 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 068871851d846509fdef1952deeff89ddcf4bceca9e304cbfbabed569af95c3f