Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcb04a28d531f772…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:35:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c862f008c5de35f6545c381210ec6b25 SHA-1: 3332bd292b2dd677a0977d44345e3db3f98a0d4c SHA-256: dcb04a28d531f772775ded4a769c53e09bce690fee726756d5bda0b5c0ca0e8d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to direct users to external, potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/84158840466.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/vexubejalojulopire.pdf
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d18105157e---nanalodaga.pdf
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f858025a85---13040361476.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc8e710294---wezozomamavezibojakule.pdf
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba6a9798d722798dcb6114c9f521311c/73723329647.pdf
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777c3114713---10971941842.pdf
    • https://mygoaltv.org/ipp/images/uploads/files/23062272253.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9af79e2632e45cebdf7fbda96ecf614/24515971430.pdf
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qp4phur5a17514bms5tvt69afs/88085158283.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793d7831fea---99545695811.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607062724b9f1---zoloxipikin.pdf
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/32144075523.pdf
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/numaniwevojiru.pdf
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/danurexabubitewidijabud.pdf
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2acf38da92cafa53a82aef125edb82/tigebevevanapufusowazodof.pdf
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/tejerexerajobamaka.pdf
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41c21cbc37685258eca4bb4951d6aa8a/zisavatuxegates.pdf
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik6v28dnq78b0h8jcihucrk76d/puzedorasileroxod.pdf
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7afb2a20d---57708493288.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972a20963ab---26746513222.pdf
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/560b4f5b69ec3e86734285248675cd4d/19195336686.pdf
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/jotab.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/gosawuvefakos.pdf
    • http://boilerservis.ru/uploads/files/vosowukimas.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=idiopathic+hypercalcemia+in+cats
    • 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_off0000f049.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF049 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010860.bin
5094b676cdf7ea3e1478fe2327406eef45cf528acc66704d765f31a9289e4543
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10860 10844 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001213b.bin
f811cfe1dcd68b4ef7c7b01b10e997abe87897b6a6cd1b6d5900dea0bf19844b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213B 16724 bytes