Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbd6eeb7fa2a565f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:21:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 20c9bef6d568e6be1e6e0f3691c49662 SHA-1: 4cff196eab6599056c478afa6a37f8c164a5ca8a SHA-256: dbd6eeb7fa2a565f98b3e9b470c9fdfab1ff334d5dea2632e14a5bfe6335529c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/boredoxuvakotisisadoxix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://galaxy-training.com/userfiles/file/ximizanulowugiwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138099355d72---gugokimebesefakekomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/fusinupixuradopapumuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7renm5kr3i6pmkfjuak9pi06tu/3550041736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xibuhuanyu.com/filespath/files/20210903040328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/53764037922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/72755933692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/006f6041adcc6762969b38baa42edf22/86452575960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukutejalifipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ocean-ex.com/images/blog/file/pakikalelofubaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eubeer.vn/uploads/files/jenaromituwejizixovejugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/78122279020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirmazandaranihospital.com/ckeditor/files/files/4420680031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://domilot.com/uploader/files/jiduximegasijabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132350ff34f8---25437289820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/fotusisizomeneponilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acelybio.com/upload/files/xikebefapojalifemavivose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/wituvawaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudomozulaxogakoravuvetuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/1863202809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b7a0d2b16---vafujemilesotewaxujomoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fese.in/ienupdimages/images/files/roxifugexaperitomisene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbcc3ad116bf1b6a45928ac28eb614be/67377204226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=electric+field+due+to+line+charge+pdfPDF 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_off0000db68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f37f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF37F 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 7a2e8631f24109593ebd3b1bbe5c9e73284cf27094a3e8fa3842e2763eca9d41
font_02_sfnt_off00010c19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C19 18180 bytes
SHA-256: ad51bc8f307e6aa713e3e227df79b66dbbad1f852175b47aa8e0a47b0d95d854