Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbbd3eb2bd72e342…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:50:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6ad0be5d31e2db2d3ba2ecee47c42480 SHA-1: 01e0d62115dfd92813c49deba4005f46361171d4 SHA-256: dbbd3eb2bd72e342fbb5fe6dc74a193179909bd2c6d0595a4ab599c204052bb3
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users through a chain of links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it could be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://gkatsov.com/userfiles/file/pisawezawax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/tuxasefemuvoxise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30835877036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/9186992722.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://trsoftyazilim.com/genelresimler/file/25391834765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunapvietnam.thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/58017268123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/senutunomimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madiagranitosilano.it/userfiles/files/50475434330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rs-entp.com/upload/file/jubureripelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f503f8c2da---89424262671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dytac.hk/userfiles/38598251455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/vomonewejodep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huuphongplastic.vn/uploads/images/files/35041299709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents/files/zufilizixafazuriririgeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engcaphone.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/derolowusuzaximal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c050c5d33b3c009a160a831b725e580f/94399622521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejudemumuxalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343f5918570---7156985001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/2109090932222438763dp74zky0pt0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alcantara.cz/data/file/16568075521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=letters+beginning+with+iPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382f1a7da73---ziwalexexanelajaxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d9cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E6 10240 bytes
SHA-256: 9b65c1f20afcf59865a84533844fa566618536f9244413d307f70da50b8bd64e
font_02_sfnt_off000108e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E1 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 95c0d97d1f6a4d3d78d4f85fda3b6d77dfb6b6480d5c1954c9510de79ecc2009