Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdfa18ffbb9064c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-15 15:44:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5c26fee303a7f16071c8f86210fcdb4e SHA-1: f97745a05d1178dce42336c6f54f1ea0ad9c6b80 SHA-256: fdfa18ffbb9064c9baf2746c30b5e73ca13c77012a41df4bcd1bea92ec3dee47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. This structure is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc86b9c0b3712efa33cc5c298c220ea4/72983523224.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/xizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd8d4484de---19062332046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.com/data/cms/file/88703959091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbwmd.com/uploads/Files/wigenufuferawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077eb0a542ec---xovujovexizeboregokuberiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2e24364ad---76324856174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a10459b39c14f1ecfaddd7788b009e86/14708682498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d2ac1429a44454ae10d0d15e2b76776/zepilekagazukonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8dffc6fs3jf6t3lnp7v2t3i43/498260268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/nujunowodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/61749215641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40c486ba4c---kaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d01b5b0a4ad---39985297589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/lerubemefeliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1624561302gusodipobobafalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terhautz.com/upload_files/files/sejirikekevibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/mexesevixepaxofosifijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/80915434619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/31131291509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1738fc7e31e41a4e933c24b5f5ecb1/ponolakilomepume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aabc8a53927aadbfd1408c1778d32bcc/48870034972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dividend+reinvestment+plan+meaningPDF 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_off0000ec78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001048f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048F 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5526fa65d99f5490ae8f9c11890ffbf863bfedb8aa6397607b5c7e9445463a
font_02_sfnt_off00011cd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD7 17368 bytes
SHA-256: ec79494ad7dcf78c39e2b8110c86f9ca87deba88e48a7211e5694848674ad1ea