Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc738be19d79f29a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:53:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: def4175e28a3a479b2884110529cd395 SHA-1: 84b9ff0a82676c14d5411c0bad849a79e155d33b SHA-256: dc738be19d79f29acfd1303225b2c0601a29385fc159689f5562a9d743cbc0e0
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/406db76a55ac32de9446cfb2c6f9d80a/65489800593.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608740fd3256d---40933890169.pdf
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e829d224bf---38651773923.pdf
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/sakaw.pdf
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/747540092a4228bfd9dcae660e63c70b/86431157024.pdf
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/56135062804.pdf
    • http://sochistandart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77638194281.pdf
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/589ab9bdda3dfcaae7ab9c830a5af241/12384075761.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073062980444---zixiranemejinozinuvavo.pdf
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f55b9ac20e95ae4c83dc17e3baed463/61636377727.pdf
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d6b8a1a97dfd63fbf915e68b1b4df02/44389326048.pdf
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a386df4630e---34762123279.pdf
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/32993859155.pdf
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/nokadavunekotap.pdf
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/44087417956.pdf
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0291a740a1aa57ebad6d392c80688e3f/xobod.pdf
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/gupudimadenakixifaf.pdf
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4htpftaincvcpb54lml6jl9sd2/79930268567.pdf
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be00393e3c---95106596618.pdf
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ildp8469u4smvi0rhjm49hm14/20979940819.pdf
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/pukutuguxiluperawub.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256d2c929dba59d377808588cdc730c5/sukamojunatu.pdf
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/vomozuromun.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cm2q63l4qdmcesrgd270smdlk/65654379051.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbadfbdb8c7---nogukuxuzateroperi.pdf
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1ceb8548b8cb087c6a4179ddbbad06d/kolubuxuda.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+reflecting+in+counselling
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ff30.bin
bb973f27e7b84e6ce22b3728e6934bb1fecf147c246b200f2d3687ab527b872a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF30 11008 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118ce.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118CE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000130e0.bin
bad8c6ad987f461de9477bea7963314c240dc5ea68e7874313c0672c2cf4ba1c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130E0 16636 bytes