Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbab9f23e23d1d27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5e6a4a5e74532b37c8bb607fc1fa28df SHA-1: 53f6918b5b15e8db8e3595eda99ffdfa75a804be SHA-256: dbab9f23e23d1d2738ee5d3de2d095b4cfb0f03e5d4caa9f1a02b0f97006254a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/141755422473.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a78ba5f56d---99615380408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwancy.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/wovuxubivalexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/pezibivatimidotatefid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed225b74cf26d119d250f190d3ecb8b/vadujabulonibidaloxedukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/14549014117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a22a75baf32ae869bdbea601e209b9f5/sodegavevafoxikopogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/46064353812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ba9717279---87597628264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43128206237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a635d5b55b9---62014827304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776cea1a968---10040291349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be0d0bce63---34173770853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediagrand.hu//data/editorfile/92689234507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d1d1196d6---26599378930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106041952417073627fj5ey.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/54124751314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/files/zokenidovaxebejesepewiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd88896f6f8---39522123343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de2077a331---23234320077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/13628388291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770d115edee---benelomokimoxokatozemakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/52630820379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+town+hall+9+max+heroesPDF 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_off0000f9ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EE 17076 bytes
SHA-256: aeb40bb70c275a0394d64abaadcd728953c7bb1bb5e838c35338fd8e53e5429a
font_01_sfnt_off000126a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ebd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EBD 10896 bytes
SHA-256: ac259cad7b533053bcbc1ec219d5fb516be09a89a4c1431da541ad994200b0b9