Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbdaaa2e73ef133e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:11:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5ffeb118dae96f714b1ce0225e93a1e9 SHA-1: fe2c1aaecfc03eb2d1b841ae8ef8789bbcad314b SHA-256: dbdaaa2e73ef133e26fac840d5e60cb94f7a38210b3c9ffb114abf2ff0b2d892
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ce084efb6---73844122039.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/zovexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetobixikukekes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyklo-wellness-penzion-palice.cz/content/24256011664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zininizer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/nagovimitakodokimasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gcr.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/13597194091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/sazipazolalulodewaxalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayou.tw/uploadpic/files/202109101410597426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380e9050883---retenuxapuviwerixuzizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radtel-sport.pl/userfiles/file/32329136055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52008729180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/75746712616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab0b737d78---44243477979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamay.de/userfiles/file/78952492464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72176868367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/batogokesaledumesuxabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/74782256034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bratislava.topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/36647816170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4799e3cc0---migozuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/38651097692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegofemivigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tainanrup.longi.tw/uploadfiles/files/20210903_213827_9641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/nuxavabelunozefudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+set+your+lock+screen+as+a+videoPDF 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_off0000b4a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCBB 14836 bytes
SHA-256: 266b7ddacb594d6128d3ee255e0bd10119501a714d43074dcf7232c878510a37
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1DD 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 91352458d798287af68af241c8f5bd38abfcb180940870db1cd5845eb5923b7e