Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbc47b8dfde95923…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-08-09 19:27:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fb66997d4eecd50790102fbe7d95bcd4 SHA-1: fd68d5fc8446df84b08cb4950dd1c0a4557d7fcf SHA-256: dbc47b8dfde9592324d98f0416a77d8c42ba58d9dfbab6497f02afc8212acab2
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kabir+singh+song+download+mr+jatt+ringtone PDF link annotation
    • https://fourseasons.events/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/406aa8821bbb21529a05a2113ee4f1bb/90114827155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919c620db566c13297818e036e715841/dujilepokodiwopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujalufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qaga8uthsjq5n8r76efa1ht8r4/43804273589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/sokiwedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41f266cd3e---kabuxelura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vldvhd9tjq5qnjjrr3hlmvl09n/jewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/69545817426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/lejabagikopalewej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a28c69a0---35837787640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02c3f43f0152eb4c16876e1c4500741/66034567396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8fa796215783a6dc9a4397c575a3ddd/8166853353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5317e209d46405510f5071b9bc81fb52/32148807614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajg3kogn2j7t7nonkp2aust16c/61582394823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzunlarpeynir.com/dursun/upload/files/85254714897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/63731241656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woori-tour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210710_8FDB386D7583A476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/razuvixowigifot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/riliramodexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/pafilufale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/83634422285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paxapowexinizedekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaghhaztbcd1agjgbccsgfftf.xn--p1ai/pict/file/10730165888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guyfamilyreunion.com/clients/41950/File/gureli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/80996277334.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_off0000d619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD619 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE30 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 8e0e33e43a7d95115ab924213fabcaec77cbeceba62a98749215856f4074c2f7
font_02_sfnt_off00010783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10783 16780 bytes
SHA-256: dfd10a5d36e0ca540f2f22935b20682a300604909bac00a1d0a57c57f51281fc