Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dca67cabaabd2d7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-23 14:28:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7f3c3cfab833b8e99f923e7cce7d243b SHA-1: 7813817f5afb7447a44c75c8b5e3f78ea6ad580c SHA-256: dca67cabaabd2d7fc1941c8a94fe8f5259fee76bd0aebd81a8f418d8e1bab05d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute phishing content or further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) indicates potential for client-side exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/latoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e0db2d398---zigiwulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralastatetailorsassociation.com/userfiles/file/68047601225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/ralexudusivozavevodoxude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_0C7FF4A698A2C963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78843398348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analhospital.net/file/files/19562698500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623f9c7623ae8a2602b62b3be7da212a/43897892817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/weguvokolewidepuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/logadiduno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plantbiochem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93482032160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girisimhaber.com/uploads/file/gejetedofomumilepifuloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/86646664283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/43593271846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7i9ungan9623fc7nl4pfoca9l1/79812716092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/liduvoxovomokuzozawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/fubunujafoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b75ff5bd03---nukotokuwawoxewozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maiodi.com/userfiles/files/31951765595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3tl8kkqjc9vsobdc4724e4r78/14444535918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/wikesufogipemutapofobora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents/files/56378324044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+your+default+browser+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD560 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 64b19c26af4f64a43f033124a58a32eeeddc3bc52d1b9458ade3c677f3ca4eee
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF45 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 0cbc39354533aeed0d94299fe456552fc084a0de398b80ece618e43585a9b341
font_02_sfnt_off00011e85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1