Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dabed9fe1da90b92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:01:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4588205460bc6d6f4ed4288d91cc6003 SHA-1: 8381804a932cfa0be5268250b586a040b35e0f48 SHA-256: dabed9fe1da90b9229202c8f57a31f70ce7d49f9342a348f01f17da087cbd051
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=life+is+a+precious+gift+to+us+from+god
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076743fc81fe---mabuwunelakenijiwareru.pdf
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d0057b48f770207e90ce6a169ab8a97/zexiloxifirepuwinobu.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8595f6fa0f---9887005484.pdf
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/10947326023.pdf
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203gdec31qe61718l7si4me8o7/46415170740.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a86d41f10---71701206331.pdf
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6obamc01v0crdj9rdc0olnmcip/58260185982.pdf
    • http://datavincity.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/pedubowujufu.pdf
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/55023839176.pdf
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/37408074543.pdf
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/16898864073.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2f511cdda---wejufidadiki.pdf
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/pesowot.pdf
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021051622451939.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f042b2d1f---97498367333.pdf
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/67626872045.pdf
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/pidodal.pdf
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/75330430380.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bd6198710---jowopaj.pdf
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctpud67svlldv64j3g9erben7q/92422157650.pdf
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/tejadafixexagope.pdf
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/52217296917.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_off0000e023.bin
3554abcc82520392ca07d6a22a2df4ce4b83f9246478f1c66731f2f91bdcb659
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE023 10868 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f920.bin
5b1eab6158d57ca2a0f0ae2bf1acf517f071a1c12c4aa7980ed4a1087a7cdfe2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF920 16740 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012451.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12451 16792 bytes