Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcb88d7726d22b61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:23:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 00b010520e8d24518344b353be3c36b5 SHA-1: 3e855288f3fc78e32ecbd0db33ccf5fea882ee1e SHA-256: dcb88d7726d22b61215fc51235897918d9e582fd18dbb614696bbcd5bb2b186f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including the presence of algorithmically generated URLs and links to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this file is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user to download a secondary payload from one of the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119bba868c2f---vililaxifevor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://onyx-innovations.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bidutuneme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2527f27641---36680580972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a38f587f2---bokerorimeboxafibadalatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ok6l810q9odg2au1p98jrm8g5/99743082625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c00a1e4d5ffcbbeeaf4d0ed3a28a2b3/1110676288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pbkf2n6aatrjo27np0ubiimp6/72199172281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/welovifor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/71192733336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce7e4011056c2af7cabd3729bfc8b4f/besuzokepix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/54901314657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/65799342120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/943a86fd8a6c2730c427c2e0b07b9f41/zavupesax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v86q5ku85efsfiqqq8dahn246s/rapawekavub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs1961.com/clients/871949/File/48246366235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahyi.ru/images/file/xitabatoduxejipenamabuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449631f0289250fdb5ffc2d98d06496b/dosixapogufekezevufilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/bewolobutanifizusamuxita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9855ad1907123b1fc87e697abf251f74/lonepopunisebitiwagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/sasogorenipojumazunuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/selizirefanagidebasiwilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/62538919440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3431e2231---lusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ri-rm.ru/userfiles/file/59844631874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/48175330286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=sample+answer+of+writing+task+1PDF 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_off0000ddb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB7 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 36a842b40097d53ceed209634f181a3543ab4765038e4541ad90afea7bdc2070
font_01_sfnt_off0000f756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF756 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 2a9db48b1cbd81d0ec12adef2854c18667dddaed0d54ca41b50a1ad4f2b410b4
font_02_sfnt_off00012353.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12353 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1