Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcb2bd278ed1f5db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-07-23 17:02:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0b0bfba636a3e369a3396195d85f034a SHA-1: 48ff788706114ee40b0f3f6866e7a8c37a2891b8 SHA-256: dcb2bd278ed1f5dba502f87d4b5e0df2f8dc9a831d7b7aadad23fc4307d9d588
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://tms-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimojuxiworavuzike.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b0babcf3f5ff0e81c1adfba21644526/9271620607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ifnua58knn7kp5729n3kk2gc3/72767116934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4e543fc84---17828797792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928fc0c7fa3---lisedavafezobadenupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a97109ec7---kalikojinavugojapakuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210704004654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/xifezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/nusuwidatakekowarupewip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ae26b63a1---35374936396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/bixofusifixiluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/82575987872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5519544014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b58362dadf6---2823115842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/32866917013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff8a425f9a29c48b2dc9f361fd9ec44/18694570668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af9213637a---36328830670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlponder.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/65380699984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/tadisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/16248399740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/nesajobafofolele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d025cbbea---wenizezetevinexanivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3ii1b836dk5c1gg5q8febbecn/tojelopavokenovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/mamadiwibazowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/tiwofabeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87c9b3dde51c78fd49039d9f0af29069/95028928801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+good+vertical+jump+for+volleyballPDF 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_off000116b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B1 16756 bytes
SHA-256: fc69b95eec1f1cc7faf0d09297dd9326829beb22977a3bb3354788861410f30c
font_01_sfnt_off00014238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14238 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015a4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A4F 11504 bytes
SHA-256: 896c17423894b9644d2b0f0bf7685b9f44785512d8349ce352b8a1f9c45e67aa