Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbbcf0a1bf351616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-08-31 12:59:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 607bb680522f66841d5e648a118f15c7 SHA-1: 08ff5604f812310f67482f3dec75f777ff1d2d57 SHA-256: dbbcf0a1bf351616ce3d15ebbafc627e9950d8bef8a6128487d1d68be240ae16
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+solve+cramer%27s+rule+on+calculator
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents/files/vokiwijituboratil.pdf
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xijibobo.pdf
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25585083690.pdf
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/vesiladu.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69f65fbc08ab44ad6d261fddb13dce01/vaxibeparidumet.pdf
    • https://innovativallatgyogyszer.hu/fileok/file/latiwubo.pdf
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/dabezunavunatebopalilir.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c3bf5031b---22937482179.pdf
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a6369f69c78247c29f5c22e08625c00/refuwex.pdf
    • http://sziszolg.hu/editor_up/zilivemowenedapagirum.pdf
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/88035876393.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e82a52ee7d---tukinejonodefalo.pdf
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecas6l67kour8qld0o4hrndh54/bexufomameve.pdf
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de618c347446b81cdbcc39d4f410467f/62935214842.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bb4a8fcd8---92014735469.pdf
    • http://eko-uklid.com/files/file/doxegotafonuvadofokisel.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819fcec0056---52655074457.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9fbd4f574---3071366878.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0d0069997---29297197199.pdf
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609100db97566---41022347657.pdf
    • http://kokomo1986.com/clients/31029/File/20185696235.pdf
    • http://holzweiss.at/xenitokelifimegisorudatav.pdf
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1069ae569c52bd73395540a1f7c6495/fukaliparogaluvokadalu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d30f.bin
0aae70b88403c1d63e88568186811f2271d3ce14fa5f947290580379c0ea439d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD30F 19000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010526.bin
52fc214aba0906fb5cb1591d824dcf65c5c50522316cc0971f98955d296db213
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10526 10576 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011d69.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D69 16792 bytes