Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbc2c0e34c382628…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-24 04:03:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5b7bf685004a059b991f0a4bb3cddea4 SHA-1: cf864641ebdf38a279669fdeabcd401d748c13c5 SHA-256: dbc2c0e34c38262893a602b3ee6b38e8a0aa5b19e9eac4ae36474222f1e01fae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it likely exploits a vulnerability or contains malicious content. The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The presence of external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6304

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/dosudomuzadutizeko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sergeisurzhin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotopikiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/pogibepen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/762da89daab654ac2cb82aa55d05fe69/38822612697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/35304396446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4c5c3d66aa69bfd8aaa872ef0a1e6a4/zafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudabadigumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24836685002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/68465268340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/ranug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b52991fb47---navimatonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/88752761952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnv.nu/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90166858363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.be/assets/file/58506740672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homecareangels.ca/files/files/files/86390610115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timecraftz.com/userfiles/file/tujafavovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct5g39pjpo.tw/upload/leakstop/files/50297627230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613983df4bc45---51228055794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/42977168319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/90266248427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/12960565756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badanie-wody.pl/galeria/file/30030810976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giteduguedesboires.com/userfiles/file/tukemipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desco.scp.hr/files/zewizifejemal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=visible+light+spectrum+frequencyPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d75c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75C 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 503ce3bb8aa0d217a0e4f30c6488e564dbbc38607b59ab0a63281decfa0d743f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f09a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09A 17728 bytes
SHA-256: f6fb340a572cb2282fdb8be4ae8357a79b7798df74fd458695cce5ec5888a26d
font_02_sfnt_off00011eab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1