Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbc023411d1f6ced…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-29 15:42:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 588f07532b1645c8d39e2bf46254200a SHA-1: 4fec0517cad905f9333f7b32a649ad1fde77fc73 SHA-256: dbc023411d1f6ced86036077deb4ac39ac9a8b50b256f553c7a5df03de6df435
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting sites, many of which host other PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, indicating it's likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c9c544cc1a9ded47b7f8dc9608506e1/lufuvakexemugelol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/ripujodavizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/96227441056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/tanexarodipezodobude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210622211151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14296509573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://receptabc.hu/images_banner/files/78303839272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh62.com/clients/7/77/7764523e397120ad9b09b1da26998858/File/sixofisojonuxuladotela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/83700912481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/93022072100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/73548957002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b411780a9---fuvoviviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/viken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/najilusenopibejakulosofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://85097781.com/upload/files/pimafirani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/volerilujidisofifolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baybayankaauamo.com/clients/c/c9/c9e0f772d4a556598cfa564a27137582/File/fipujazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.top/img-ngocbao/files/gakirodogerobufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98064244322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/mopigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13321740008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16281781148357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/zuvojopera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61fac7a6bd---lelukavewekekazifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/vufonajaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=manually+install+intel+graphics+driverPDF 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_off0000e33d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE33D 20072 bytes
SHA-256: 4ea37d6d9b8bf9b7d14bacc8ea74045f1e8a1003fb7d29e597ad8a498038fd28
font_01_sfnt_off000116cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ee2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE2 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 08ede0f885d264b2c1fce11cebbad915b9eab929e395a9b0a0c47a4bf2316bcd