Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbc6ab4b7c873c48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 12:53:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ce11981e03dd01508eee2bbe096d3d10 SHA-1: 05688b735935231b995167bc8e7e9d4cf22b519b SHA-256: dbc6ab4b7c873c48474bafd99ce38cd443680685a40de79d8b900677277e44b8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of a PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic and a high ML score further indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and heuristics strongly suggest the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what%27s+going+on+meaning+answer PDF link annotation
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/kamegipewewelibepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b8m1p4in56nkfdq42gdbthtjk/25324903747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1ef32a12f---12733400449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0c60b1267b---penunatasaxanaxorobakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f65be66c56---zusokevuvazakiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd57d567dc---kotibiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f2eeefafc9768d915e5f251d65b92c3/94958653989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/zowedidexogadotejetegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/sotobivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/50010674989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/448defa69dbe00249b7268ce94b88d1e/goviviremurukeruwaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdm3rsbf0gbmu6l4egk4vb0b44/11927712807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e5a95ecbfee013897af727bd898e897/difijaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a001753d63a---fasavadoxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hj12eeos2ojcdcd1bdcer7jntl/97931360250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eecf890175017b3db326a66fdc862fb6/95824387086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca5d1ee937---70735815304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc6f4c7dd1ef2913feb746032ba0203/70591271088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/44256488000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b5d6f270e---53796133664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/novesaketuzoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/14742189681.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_off0000eafd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAFD 18168 bytes
SHA-256: c23b35c0a100e050ec94ad0f08a3b57f21886a2242ad7a5721d625f04fe5a783
font_01_sfnt_off00011a71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A71 10624 bytes
SHA-256: fa363a4fbc7ee6b23b483ba7c4576d4da0f040ccf39c4d6c55c5bec52b00d7c7
font_02_sfnt_off000132ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1