Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbfc17cbcb2c3263…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 04:08:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 43dc32c0c16d78dd3f4c80e53ae64ac4 SHA-1: 07ac559c8b99b8e23014c2ad5f5442501158f7d1 SHA-256: dbfc17cbcb2c3263f85109192392392123701ea9c271a885c994ebce569b6f64
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised or disposable domains suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/64167785967.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb79784f85---54712740581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607187ed1c48c---keveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/95778806251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c97131de80---gikipixewelerevetok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/81539212481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/bitubelagowapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987fc271b02---73184534709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4805c14e8---jixitemixoxivenijugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/gexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a72619d1679ebadfe6278dae120bb26/xobetevilifufetumenofewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/dozozomunugiparasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/pamigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092cf20a1d21---misuzetap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/55895064610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9cf61818e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e52b1d9027---xowupetudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a6d5d60587be0c6c8c3403797f26b97/tenonozukewawagijamax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/wotigebajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c562ca0b1---26121153748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d19c55591d---delajobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74654166183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inter-travel.hu/_user/file/rigotuwevusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reply+second+interview+invitationPDF 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_off0001433f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1433F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015b56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B56 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 59f0204759e6dd7a96cbdbc131054be8ed624f34225ec3e25495d0b4a703edfb
font_02_sfnt_off00017445.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17445 17860 bytes
SHA-256: 8e3e4b8084b9b29d91bf408b4ed367e6c2e1b7b37e9b99d97a00cbad9d4ec827

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