Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dba652329abe1f28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 01:09:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5fd1e9cfa8fc019e38e02b0cf4dc71e0 SHA-1: cf89e650c4ed9106ed9f3f212181d56ae7a740fd SHA-256: dba652329abe1f281c56356e646bc2f4492ae81dde19f55e9ec767c63206b397
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further payloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the linked content suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://rubfila.in/files/file/nixipudej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csc0532.com/userfiles/file/20210905181803_aph05c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/16723261251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411610b8c0f---14023712107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92611717263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/94051847707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2winit.com/Files/files/xodikotufomozijamokakodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanchariglobal.com/userfiles/file/detasugefopozodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/bukagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzperson.com/uploadfile/files/sogufakuribapekepobokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2da55bf62---63649150737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/rifizavunulasewaxekosub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wisestudentz.com/userfiles/file/kudenefetuwevokena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cauthangdep24h.com/upload/files/40404209213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foursservices.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/24987505207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stoneappeal.in/FCKeditor/file/21141613280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avalon-essenzen.at/userfiles/file/lokopoziropubibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkbin.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84679685554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zussobrance.sk/grafika/dokumenty/96540758532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union-montage.pl/userfiles/file/mumilubobizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioaec.com/userfiles/files/54641634574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/zexomowugefobidopos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/tuwojaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/inub1f10uuf47efcd7eb21a4bu/5612309422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/42843336036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=app+to+transfer+sms+from+android+to+androidPDF 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_off0000ec00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC00 10592 bytes
SHA-256: cabf6b6ad5af541db79772e2023a9dec4cd5a6c3c71bacd0de3807d8bedab05c
font_01_sfnt_off0001042f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042F 17304 bytes
SHA-256: d3b73e78971521ac40e5e34123e35ec4bb45fdcc7d5c5f119b51889fc0af9eaa
font_02_sfnt_off00013121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13121 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1