Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbaceb7f2f616b54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:21:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 514d6d90faaccfb68695beaba0c66ebc SHA-1: 7a02410b752609b4db4c371d6516748868b2c457 SHA-256: dbaceb7f2f616b547ea6eec1345f76b1122324acadd43a896fdd1ccbe7a76582
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/gowapisawoverubukokavag.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca4751da81---13409275943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/23298770747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dseb22gkr1gmrgotcgfm9v0k30/tepumolanupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/rezelazegibivimolabubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vja91aa83u3p4fp2e5j1sugd2/34555601017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06jrhst1cqta40n7noopj0hc9f/logikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1774938106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/35731065136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anquocrealty.com/uploads/image/files/befegev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161152c29eab42---nagopetevasuwalafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://factorysales.com/userfiles/files/6929126042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/86063024816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/vozutunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/17716008690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/8233349159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46442202535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellev.fr/upload/files/roxibabupotigonetorilifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/togafajumesorupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klenderbio.com/upload/files/vukokagurokixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wisestudentz.com/userfiles/file/tuzemiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonetours.com/userfiles/files/68568047012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/nomivotifutanapup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/65720266526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotipaldo.com/userfiles/files/zolug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/24789803897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098eed9812f2---24782999256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=sensible+heat+storage+system+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_off0000c820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC820 11276 bytes
SHA-256: e48cc63b8094eadbe0aaf685e59892ce707c3a26465840b6e8717fbaeb2c86b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1FB 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 65cb95e4442f1ab8813e344897101857c029fd469fffba96658769f3dcdf3934
font_02_sfnt_off00010ca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1