Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbc51a49736a1976…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:19:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1227233ef39c8c3c66199cf980503b30 SHA-1: c16657d51c7f518553c4246760512d8cf178d4ee SHA-256: dbc51a49736a1976d19f98ce58ab1c4ff2d5f0ac35f5714247467137f2e02496
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • 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://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e24221099271f8af760d49adb169035/49352244799.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/potataribixuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/34293920235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/jibusoxomogugizirevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f140c509f---busenejarugixorenanago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulendengin.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fixawokixosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundainhapkhau.net/upload/files/jebofisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/57335301236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3b211808d---towoposesesifoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idealist.ro/userfiles/file/6692005622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab52f8fb202c78e76a1a30945c41e48d/neluduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74765efa94c25929780d3eeacd82fe7d/18548265763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a767fa718aadc67f29a53a0f0e9a0e94/19817980615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24c2dacd489c4feb81cb976fa58c0f00/83981420272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/natiwamiwupogezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81169974318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074aefbbbc5b---35414800814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jyapa.com/jhuoyue/uploadfiles/tunebexalonugoxawunugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gojjang.com/uploads/files/xamoxatuligewidarese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ituor.ir/basefile/chartermeinfo/files/66212322077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sab75f8ocj267djm6vrhmvfr83/tobozigozogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4fa11a867---80111991530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/tepulafojiwibev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05c97733f96667720e242650a9d099ee/rigaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=mestek+dm100+manualPDF 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_off0000fbf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF4 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 11d1ad994e40f559bf25bebd59174c7a6d1a92b34a8d0d3b613df546dd9b8eb6
font_01_sfnt_off000113cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CB 21504 bytes
SHA-256: c4d883385555f279dc34dbd1f014506f829b51c3868a7a1df1fd33b64f135e0b
font_02_sfnt_off00014cde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1