Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbd65cfaea6b0714…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-08-18 00:15:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 111ca186764f0a00f8438154a907227e SHA-1: 621fa2d7bc93b0ce135e15cbc6e1b83e71fbec35 SHA-256: dbd65cfaea6b0714a4b17ab1ff35021fbb75996950fa982c19aa90a9a069daf5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV and an ML classifier as malicious, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs point to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further context on its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/87938132834.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/rumakizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/17838630971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelesherrinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/79723486296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2151fa00a1---47194174448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/60307221906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed8f1262d95---kotanaripirojetiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiga.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zinepabemarulakukorajibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca25b880058---denesufojerus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8fc671540e---11809643427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chongtham68.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/nikisavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/takazilupojapiridarawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/532ft1etk8r374an5rdeg1dsj2/pubosepudamorenunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d924a5b0e5---16721064805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/pamogupimudulibuvobinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/kigijoximimibogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/wokilefifaxipubuxitaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux-school.ru/files/files/guparew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ffd95edb78---zemoleziroxugelabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kplh5co1lpmus7csjjao26m0k3/gasosimurepafizikolulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc0d6c7a80e---fadifodilewoletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/rijivumopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c0ba2eace---kulozal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/kewimozizinupajenixejosew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+superman+mod+cheats+for+pc+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77C 16900 bytes
SHA-256: abf655ebe7ab8b316c0ea537238960ca19b0909961ed7567e24728241585b9a9
font_01_sfnt_off0001135d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B74 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 6766251d499c4e60128e54e0e1e6096384a6fd7374476cb97d13947af9ec7bb4

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