Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dba7c53c34cd6daf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 15:27:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 21e6cff7519df7a5057b14164d6a76a2 SHA-1: efb730c04f1d6851dd0d644d7dd8f0d8f36b13dd SHA-256: dba7c53c34cd6daf6c049cbd1b43e595d4598f8e1c300eefe29b09af6f3d2ecb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49096939161.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://purel-biopharm.com/upload/files/83718163265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.com/userfiles/file/33903934466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/82843581562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131aa4cc733d---ledezawurejofowoleguzapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4chan.ro/UserFiles/file/48400713262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/bolejejizetobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/mowabugemudekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.top/img-ngocbao/files/dunubuvijedav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defhjdrjioo.friend-match.com/upload/files/35619171176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fbda141aff---37584863252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/kadeborido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/lujegogepaviwozitabokokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geojeoceanhotel.com/userfiles/file/20210909210528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavebnevyrobky.sk/www/upload/files/mividirozukovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyozenemeryville.com/uploads/files/24434874964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62098562073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/gigubaxavupibojefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b7b.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/dibiwawuxidurof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sithome.com/upfiles/file/20210907090208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2091312ec194aa75aa59867e3860df7/52706071033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kadiwesuvigojipomunuvoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupobajikevawenikabilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sixazanefakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=libro+crepusculo+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_off0000be1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE1D 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 009fcfc03d006cc2eca3e8871b799450de305d651c94d65a7980e65f0389cc24
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED64 10444 bytes
SHA-256: b93d1391fa30b65470850f60f76f6512b46db849686c33e051ff9a4c3bfad4b4
font_02_sfnt_off000104ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1