Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dba76b011571d578…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:01:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: dfc6c6a5e0c0b02a0caa3ba5cbbedee8 SHA-1: f8daa2d1f9b0dd64d9ad8b0cc6fc540c2d028575 SHA-256: dba76b011571d5786cefd8ad45ce0431d827a4061e3880211bcfc76127bba4ea
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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 http://musicandyouapp.com/webupload/editorimg/files/xiwizo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb4494fd4f---9308351281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a00507cfef---lanurexovewemajevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120cf21acebf---70450178049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/petimiselagifoxuxaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/jowovokaxosenopedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/58928130505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/lovixopulalobaredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/99640543850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210705_821467CBE5FCA6F8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/21161967137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.com/eros/userfiles/file/rufutagimixifoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/tepitelipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/42886856075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39120bb0c6---83780296106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/sizanagamemuwaximala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panteres.com/files/files/65267989762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/fawavofojomagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/51650361990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenkochaya.com/user_data/ckfinder/files/mosuximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40839b9f373bc0f759c053390af06cc9/13048630985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/147c778e1040b0efe76dacd9855c1f2e/32565849555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/24573463243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/280351118834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=homelite+super+2+sl+manualPDF 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_off00013893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13893 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000150a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150A5 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 85745446fb2e071804b7a6895684eebe2075d2b8e9052e2a680125a799bbb783
font_02_sfnt_off00017dc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17DC7 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 6138c58b91f3fa3b26a67ca78db35e256b84d24d937fae86db3f8ed0d69d2795