Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbb0e61db029769f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:56:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 78a606e4a9f044af45795bb2aacb1152 SHA-1: b8c39bdfe31d12293b33d896592b4924d284a312 SHA-256: dbb0e61db029769fc2abcce6e8cd344b07f16b0083f7c4e44a3bcfca0a11fc94
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates a likely spearphishing attachment used to redirect victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7399

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gdca+exam+syllabus+in+english+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c3fee4338be9bf9cfe605be8e4855b8/87097852267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/6148171582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0lbbfvfqc7cn08ignc7pvrl4k3/wezewuwubeluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49fe3b0ed6---78182758665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/87342538071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simpelms.nl/userfiles/files/95669112552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/bikewevaredizexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7966ac9a46271a98f3c2e438fd54784b/20929607735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aec087d35d9f892ea01b3ce1ed271ec4/tiwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210810225026_omvs2x.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d47kgt771uoe590l75u40fu6/79404626928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100c0ab8c7e1---vikexusumulala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1ddea96bb---toraxoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac5d8181ef---91456778888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/bezimajixologezazaziban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seritour.com/rsm/files/99410477859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/jibixikitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdqltal01u61bl98onmnqfgr7o/34846411183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737e2ff09b3---33798323651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/69025610781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadephoanhao.vn/upload/ckupload/files/xisofuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/76575644148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stallingreunion.com/clients/a/a3/a37dbb3dca22f8cb40f44de83fe48269/File/79538600098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dabc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDABC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1