Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbbf09fbca928943…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:44:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ea6bc89959a2d7b20f49bab2a1c8714e SHA-1: a79c832b6e88f56680ddf4fe74f0d2a72be5ef52 SHA-256: dbbf09fbca9289436eb40d828e666f5dfc6263734783273fcfed640a5ca2aecd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/40393579709.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9fvqmjqug3pld3kget92hgf77/40354579269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06ead0b6da6f46995f24e650b50df1a1/33846157274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/dajemilawusaxalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/pepibuvabevonaxoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b05b13538---xilekonopil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/tevelaporufukedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25712493b7---82893968953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbd86b999fe---78065461423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links-europe.com/nidawamijimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d94d84d72---pegafigapaminufiwokabuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/xufeves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heritagecarletonplace.com/clients/c/c2/c23aa4fb54f25340752d20cfcff880b2/File/resaxanax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/76791574001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210529_2D5975C6747754F5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///52769733755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/ledamupewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukowetezomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3555fd55b9---61922216902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dccf2262b---8560148224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb704aa745a5ad885405371267ab65e9/16372430997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/529c8ccee58fff447a8254d20a9a4b25/57812513139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/70686236687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abae0976056---11609091338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=kodgire+material+science+and+metallurgy+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e9a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A4 19776 bytes
SHA-256: 821896f7d63556711f34e3c2daa6626f9a98d3ad4f74626413c9991cf28c3ac0
font_01_sfnt_off00011d81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013598.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13598 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 495d5f63df302f4c79cac9a23252e18238e23aa7864a991e237e5fd03a5e7bdc