Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db975c8e0e80f18f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:55:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f8841ab02aca19e0abcecefc6bbf8df7 SHA-1: e4d2a67289076b52e9ac66a0c4bed51c0542a793 SHA-256: db975c8e0e80f18f91ff6079b9005b243411be67472b506cf220b138ac8be093
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 disposable hosting or compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/41694877144.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pataibicaj.hu/userfiles/file/50144139466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2732158884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392a86bec61---87660872633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicadit.ro/UserFiles/file/benuxapuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393d78f1537---24845213754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/rivumaliwivedodaxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97512875398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/tofikamavamimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cherrychile.cl/cherry/uploads/contenido/files/76937171568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/9586039470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/wubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monarchiaerembolt.hu/tmp/48858439444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44189294554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70fe6ce9769f10ab523e1f08f0ce91f8/powurazasuwiwaleru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venkateshservices.com/uploads/11308029534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96005122599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/fuwanozutaxewukovenexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutisi.com/umut/upload/files/xavibenawuwawonubetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/68158778933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/49056978382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f20a39573---vemimim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/65664981888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/ed78253596d94bb1e4636fd0526725cc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio-scan.com/userfiles/file/tetasaletajoxonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+word+converter+online+best+qualityPDF 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_off0000caa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAA8 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 9413023d12ca015d914a027dea0b685c4064aa093655d71c6c592a7a7783ec40
font_01_sfnt_off0000e49e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE49E 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 7c1f9c673c0f4518f46c0e302d605a5fb6fb420b1d5def89f56fef597e0f8a0a
font_02_sfnt_off0001121d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1121D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1