Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc6d7b26f4ae15bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:03:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9deb38c3e57cc53e0842c265951ed0da SHA-1: 1da1847b0d54f924cefafb340a971ca9c6037973 SHA-256: dc6d7b26f4ae15bb0289fddf340d02657cecbe015cd754b687e1ccf1825df63f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, indicates potential for malicious scripting. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support a malicious verdict, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jedoxawukixu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/73916846316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linhkienhunganh.vn/luutru/files/begobopomotesigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/pexixemitovulasopojasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45a8d35ecde3ef9db5952b9c93540b3b/kuxefosomenujat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nowobuvavadavokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jegivadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/23607398281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50842994892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooam.com/files/fckeditor/file/2137607872613e69e9e4bac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvezda-pardubice.cz/files/file/povodelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://officialbacknumber.org/editor_up/77470221644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakshimi-kaatsu.com/user_data/packages/default/imgfiles/94238192946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613670b4db967---tarunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e0ba3361b---tugimegavuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/kezebajubidok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140452e979d5---23964600220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/92575520423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdtrend.hu/files/file/11006235786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/fozebiponifamufoxawom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erulingua.hu/uploads/content_files/files/jalovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missteenqueenuk.com/userfiles/file/detotizuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/lipinufejonerizafazopowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=adw+launcher+onePDF 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_off0000c3e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF2 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 8a61f4e5ba410134c0a538555ff22fe216b585ebb1af68c45f28e9fc4e2d3a79
font_02_sfnt_off0001096f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096F 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 5101b45c3ea44eb2fc02d6cc49d2414a1e3c46880ed4c80c81e4e9a368d995c2