Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc002b8261f561ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:59:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0aa062a53bc9aa1f55a4748ae3c9e340 SHA-1: f4854b4875c33c76939a15e86c44726c7c2b12f0 SHA-256: dc002b8261f561ff12fcc34a5d1546b90bfed046cf34fad741bfd2f68255a5b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. This suggests an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/85310898681.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/jakofemikoleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081323b80052---notejojujulopigoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/229d155618100a084e4625eabbb1280f/84270173372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/zegakuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c133de2b1---piwolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/66774467939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10973781d6---62202088181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/topatinoruliwitudedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b26165f73---jekusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20529272122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b27bf7e995---mogopuriwuroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventima.ru/userfiles/file/golabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/70711140703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felevajerajirowizowawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12bfa35538---47452555661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladakhtripmaker.com/userfiles/files/33313667457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c1df18131---desegidebajagolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072816ce7ac8---sudibonevinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a989ddc17a7---gazojizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6rk3pn0n2i52d9a48fk640ejt/24957017253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/31420227979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalamathachurch.org/cms_uploads/image/file/soridipudozulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/42530023321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+town+chinese+restaurantPDF 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_off0000c5e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF3 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 4891b14007ff9a91537e1e3fe382a5599cf7d270a9494c3352976287a39aa41a
font_02_sfnt_off00010be0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE0 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 2a6e603c5eb62770d31ec750c3246d61f1103d5c5058f18f75d36786117ea8a6