Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcbe7c2e233acdab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-29 01:55:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d1987ac9c023b2188e1499d1bfec4eae SHA-1: 313e4bb38fd8b3205b740d714188b5d3a1fc7b87 SHA-256: dcbe7c2e233acdab0910637548824d80841d9dfbc9b6a09ecf5cd1377d2b5bad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dismissing+staff+within+2+years PDF link annotation
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/941bda751fbe73253ab86648bb16f54d/ramatelefujenubuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8af89db07249faed7ce32b37d7757fee/tuwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02c771afcc9f1b3524ee776e4f78958c/69741311256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekejozsef.eu/FCKfeltoltott/file/10861681892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b15cfab898bf91a5c37c500bd1cd9955/84000431697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/50388531530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/28441059364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enewind.com/pliki/file/purafutidape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k2plusinterior.com/userfiles/tadixumazalusariguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacnsuaa.com/clients/4/49/49ab1acc6c62b5a39110d621a19f71c0/File/paxovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onthebroadway.com/CPD/adminpanel/upload/file/65728375489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/55440185396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29800688505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ffd7e4bd3---gagun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/51048957769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161013fba672b9---gedabavigijeworomimutew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-saikung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mezoboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6f68a33cb7---27129243461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/76145775982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/60235383859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/miroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/besewapoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b8c630a38---30477113133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/vorivanaweror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD131 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE948 10816 bytes
SHA-256: b6e248e19f15430f6edd1f4f139f3e3fcf97aff88dd519293dbbfdfcc4a41763
font_02_sfnt_off00010228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10228 16972 bytes
SHA-256: a0b779b133ff6076780c55d7b2cd89d641c14f4c8af7feee791b10d503a76048