Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbc7b4429af6eef2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-10-10 14:02:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: b67bf61508a5a4e7de7feb6f0fbce70b SHA-1: f93d34bf964ec1a779ab62f77f7783050988a999 SHA-256: dbc7b4429af6eef27f6946f620db3bb70fedfa37389c295463f0e00c38e6ff26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports malicious intent, potentially for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a malicious phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=little+things+piano+chords PDF link annotation
    • http://nasfthr.com/userfiles/file/vanepinos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce80a6487b9d791949d98e90073a91d4/zejanerav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocminhcnc.com/demo_thietbimay_24_7/upload/files/9817267139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matao.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/sonanutoxosenafavada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radeton-cz.vasestranky.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84908375857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73862824815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispecom.com/cms_dispecom/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/93647613081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76375975681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43927271205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333a4413d7c---lapodakeviziruwatuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51204990410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balmbeach.hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/19951819505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meuseguro.top/fotosempresa/files/74267835786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613164617a92d---mesazogepapemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/juwuwowuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gk-eventus.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28699715648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmt-tw.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/74574811774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20211005082401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepojumusurevazegikodano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51ab686sqge6sd9i5mmf96bd6p/kisaluvagewinepitibeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/regekifaranelepejigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/nedulonumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/91004571736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/42730686152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiwavn.com/uploads/image/files/jorasejafepokipuguxidojo.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_off0000df0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF0F 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 0517130fab864011b158c2c8d2b0aa97d3368f1f64b1e4b0b1d8bd1a8b70bec6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f77a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8C 20580 bytes
SHA-256: 1277f9da0f7ef85777326f72bbbdb3c8d7ffe89091a0e71a3fadc5130adc88e4