Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbd531836b9765ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.3 KB Created: 2021-07-31 04:22:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 8f8a6db444244b53ee808e47e30c57ac SHA-1: 5d4b3319d7394362f72269bbaa2c3f0246ef4fc9 SHA-256: dbd531836b9765aeaf14318c7be8ebad21d7a1a992c6842ccb317d9524bec14c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f4b7cdb53---70410315499.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714534068f2---fidanovoforozalagulojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/xamomiseporo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/ritewokegarasulonepanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c0e1e34d99034f8bc1ce74be46888a/61106955569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cp1m7ko6ajvl02m567dtvkmp3/kadavomatumitazode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1aul2ett2kbbo2si4ovddsd0q/37263564671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/4164799669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021060906291941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbes.nl/media/files/7756683130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161042dc591782---44990905266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/kojusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610444f385ec1---74164165247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/88937728021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/befafikexujoremurowaruwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b350b021485---5859800096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2191615338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/nufovimofuxedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f13bbf071b6a8890515cfffdf26be3e/zudojovonizokidusonipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7f0ad4477---49749098947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4nder0bf94i0sb4ilkg98mt95/90985230922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sintsprev-ms.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73094577113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+programming+using+python+odd+answer+keyPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/rukifovobore.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_off000129ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129EF 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 40969a1cc6f90f1b81adae2c484590ebde596c454df9cf294691c824a172d727
font_01_sfnt_off000159ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159EF 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 4b9f6faa7825e17eaadefff583875fe93161c34115f1309ebd11addb9d00c3cc
font_02_sfnt_off00017419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17419 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1