Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbcdeecb623712bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-07-16 07:33:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8459448f493eefe7ecee65bffcbb71de SHA-1: af841c6a84ef9022967e7023d9f03ee3f1af9628 SHA-256: dbcdeecb623712bd5bd0bf09cf3719882fa1e31a006d1f1b459a80d3ea6fdff8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. This script likely redirects the user to external URLs, as indicated by the PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, pointing towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/pakibalivepux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd10a9f610---nudowabogunaregevemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ead438b9b4---sitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9980480cbc94e58c61b77aa3ce3beb15/pupobiseve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a433162f1---22673462544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/tujefovusudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef86298f6a7e590f492d31cf3e28096e/metulom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/42160419010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/79692086012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe92ebfcdd---gurexorar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ganamipasefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/kedukopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/45613666742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210528_4217B187813FA60E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsm8cmac26r8vfig17jkilg4t3/gepigujozelakavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a6bf25ab9---sasazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df91bc4ba50---wetugukitazolubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210713200411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f804c4853---8525136902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/natamora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40ce4acc44487be1c9f6064aaa8527c0/mixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39422ae948---risejuremikogapesomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/kisuxavodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/70978926427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b22e2845d---tozopowobot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=indesign+transparency+printing+problemsPDF 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_off000117ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117AE 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 2408d507d1d4f6dc80cc37083932d5398325e7ff2f284ccf2d8a0a4dd4f33123
font_01_sfnt_off00013104.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13104 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014916.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14916 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 78ac6f0ff1abe6d994afd5e3d52fffaab38efce7b3465c74873c7ebc159ca501