Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db8ef34206fc65c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-10-03 02:36:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 2cf9e9d3820cb4f43f0525092a8221f3 SHA-1: 6d8f00894c66c99c1797ef666472f194c79b3fe6 SHA-256: db8ef34206fc65c96d13b51d3d505d742d3a066e812ab40907c60d972374d15c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The document is designed as an image-only lure, typical of phishing campaigns, and contains embedded JavaScript. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://doubler-son-capital.com/photos/files/49387333078.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/44967892991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132bcfab7a48---nometitemutepimoponu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomasmrazek.cz/userfiles/file/dudubemelomuseluzenajusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f4c7d27c3ge84jbv8p71suanc/39246676201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/74116326972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/81558745868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aamuhsv-madisonalumni.org/files/files/wejirofefedoloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetnl.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_0FC943C228ABC28A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12897796312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158b79c9eede---59070960925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146d6e8b6e7a---zefeluvosarowagetobove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduoconline.com/userfiles/image/file/devakinere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e9d5b11088ce5eff08fa0a869a5976b/52454689245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studyhalltracker.com/files/file/milexevaxodanazotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ver9.sonikgps.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83926244328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://factorysales.com/userfiles/files/5886367764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istvietnam.com/rich_editor/file/jigokijimixopogomitazonil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manisafar.com/basefile/marcosafarir/files/18760110868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/xixifenijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sankaibearing.com/userfiles/files/zalaleguxalokegasabog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/revup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.de/userfiles/file/81515246861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.com/files/gomogedel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aodaixuan.com/app/webroot/upload/image/files/gegaxusejusad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=computer+network+definition+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_off0000b0de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8F0 13904 bytes
SHA-256: 03a09c4be6a8a4647cb7d30ef53f505d58d9abc7be73e01dbeeb486ad3fcab40
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB66 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 76b2f4fd3587259d89286f1fb1d2488b2a750381892e48fb7dc13a73fba31a23