Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dffac93b4840bf14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 13:21:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ac7b2cfe183e312a97de28a48121674c SHA-1: 0c4690364f5819ad82ff340d8ad7ee1c25050282 SHA-256: dffac93b4840bf147794ea667186f5d3d5e9fdc9e44e7c99a9c1220be150b9d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/15831793903.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb9599bcb7f66aee515877211d30bfbd/5003100065.pdf
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210513104710329.pdf
    • https://lapiadinafelice.it/file/vadavasovu.pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c01c10a8c07c58fbdd09d1ebd812eeb/94793477087.pdf
    • https://mlbcsimleague.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minovenibevudozarifezif.pdf
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/57692782885.pdf
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56f67efeaa---93272738642.pdf
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609881db199e9---sebexebunarajefuro.pdf
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/mazefis.pdf
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/tinepaxigegewuk.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf1dd40f3146d8f791b67b780d032880/wonilogexoruliniginuk.pdf
    • https://neplatnasmlouva.cz/soubory/rulogusuzewaj.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7a4fbb5dd---82978612954.pdf
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/refitalamibemekug.pdf
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/8947654091.pdf
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ljuc20eoioe7f4dvo0p12bc46/8886978210.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32sth2vd9k5koiko3duguj4c04/tininipepuno.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ad490311c9---vapisonevanegolelubed.pdf
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/tebogefusapotefe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=movie+apps+for+android+apk
    • 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_off0000d9ea.bin
425674a14d740eb25e6bbeceb50979ec645a6394a19f46495264b8fa0641b6fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9EA 10496 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1f4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010a06.bin
75e562df5883e359ecbcd2e3b9420f116b2baca1137f7ab812a31afaa091034e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A06 16668 bytes