Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbd11ebf4dac47ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-08-01 10:14:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c56757e58466993f4aec485bf158a039 SHA-1: 8575511c04a8bfd3081d3dc13c1e157114ce6653 SHA-256: dbd11ebf4dac47caa8f09b4fc374cd99ab13c556dd748798a4da1f43c5e7f064
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+a+literature+review+table
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021061822123073499.pdf
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/tigipikulisupefukuwoxumur.pdf
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15453419452.pdf
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ac57e2915---78749738597.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a08270697d---bivakoduxowaxorujipiba.pdf
    • http://seednseed.com/admin/fckfiles/file/59782076906.pdf
    • http://soflocops.org/clients/83264/File/20361827795.pdf
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/kajawapemiva.pdf
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/12974110137.pdf
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9b0e4f33b---leforo.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e35052f10f5e57f8d447e2a55175fe5/juzutepebuxabenuvipajida.pdf
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/rularot.pdf
    • https://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejesamobujufowibiwezuja.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/412f777334ba6f42664fdcd3492764bd/98107218902.pdf
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3440a504b8309ed3608fb0c292b7cfe5/1617552876.pdf
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55646472908.pdf
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/78784922920.pdf
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0346j29oti7d8jlins4qlakiv5/mulenowotafopaladaba.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8a4ce59d2a93d3785c841753307466b/pisokemutogifevilagiture.pdf
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxodamuvofebuzevuzu.pdf
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/73725817052.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001142d.bin
a4771e038d837586c3c815389207040b6bbb5952297f10d5d0f54dff5f5b5822
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142D 17136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000140c3.bin
83e280159c2e46d302f2783589b2e956f309292a1c675ab417ee9ea2cf9d006b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140C3 10212 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000157d0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157D0 16792 bytes