Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbde3104b5b79181…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:48:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c6ed1a75cf4a5aedca6e3d4ebc6fd204 SHA-1: c1cf50c3d81aa36a6ef8f7e62f12d2fab703ce2d SHA-256: dbde3104b5b7918179d4abfca04026eab94ca17628d347baf3d71c3bc34b99a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are often used for phishing or to host further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grama+sachivalayam+old+question+papers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqng2pho5b1ea8mvhcas46r0h2/zoxixudoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/83725250423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/94048140571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf49ac9714---85650701784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egm23u70oigqb5cv6qskfa1qgb/73462557710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47c0e3c8656f6ec121ac2dab5e361f75/gufoxujitotafapifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/kijonofedezamuzofodefipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/468d546725c3b10668702017ae00fbad/danavafiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/36846955086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae11641379---45120227915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a052cb2b024---29390588808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8da301bf2---43764966779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ac0a93134aa170dd3690b830735dd39/zenusomuporu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073596d684ff---13937280959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/vogonewezebugoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29817829330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d564dc0ff1f19df6e1506482d10d7d2c/51488827886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/nukonorodulufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5c483bb4f---64275603276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/80300313856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagerunda.it/public/upload/file/58010001810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/35756046887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/29910296148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/ximazipamuromakakix.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_off0000cda8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BA 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 64812cadfa78f82b8b6948e2acf7d7aa1367bdcf484da0d618818969618fc63e
font_02_sfnt_off00011286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11286 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 2404b79eb633ea2ad29eda9a65584aae49f732196352f2342968343cf1d8f8ed