Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db7ad69e0a8e5134…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:57:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 385dc505dfd7d65495c2dfaaaa99e873 SHA-1: 786e3d5c832a96c963369ebf446f55280d7b2e5d SHA-256: db7ad69e0a8e5134a2329ab80a1d68b06577c0d5d864fa328c781030b40fb183
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b10d34902c27236bc612c197a55ba64/77676078647.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lynhuagiasi.com/Images_upload/files/42465464225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748b019e88e---xarixoxefazejupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f41ded1a75a---pajidonedivadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/5588935409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm84gnna997c15ula1vaumhue4/97574804378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d5b9d1f3288693bd92494b8b314e510/78040444247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c18e66cfa6---19853546095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e923f35a7dc61f67d967aa1a01c38d6/36986804200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/88262574835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/zakijixegimoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0au2i9k24ufllhaje4k6pb044/4814106740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myapartment.de/web/editor/files/bogipaxisowezumepite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/maxoxadonurenelusekago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/52246451187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomabilesimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/48800909889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/80102280009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/49771266743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrnchina.com/test/images/ckfinder/files/22402966016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af2e11c02b3a8c07b7e614d8ca984a25/jogutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/4022768263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/66838658618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6dc7965e53---rowowibegonekuwumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=procurement+act+in+ghana+pdfPDF 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_off000186a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x186A4 18532 bytes
SHA-256: 4b35b6a456d30237501788aaf1f0fad8101f96a3a51cb5ab1d783c96ab836063
font_01_sfnt_off0001b647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B647 10956 bytes
SHA-256: b6abbc7c953ca47818df02e0edd3c98483c554c7af856821e594df5925f1b8dc
font_02_sfnt_off0001cf47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CF47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1