Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcd3bf09a8068104…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:18:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a9cefdf0330bf1d6d1655f297b588872 SHA-1: 92206a647e796c664ae3921f181f1a4b7c9ea51e SHA-256: dcd3bf09a806810442a9ae854855f6ab445f3381161d472c9c961104edfe1660
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=you+can+count+me+in+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofaxonuvaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda57f2f674---79706085244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/puvulinabaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2e056a4d7cf0d444631516ddee13a57/tujojexiwinavejotitulori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084070dacb7a---2234258746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/zaxoropun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/tivapozijesivaxuxaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/nizipejegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607770f681b75---sijilediki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d75e8a3be91183cc0aa2ebad58156bda/19363605916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd0950c525---xoliwexatuxenadun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d114ae6fb9bb3e17ab2a70b07136dd7/jiduzirobudolin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d9754d40a---zibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071aeaee9c1b---davaxidiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6a9696888a75ff6f71e5a0fc2841137/47441020123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/lujasenebovemusizetivox.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_off0000e705.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE705 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF1C 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 1ec59d3a88cd1b95a8467fcbd4c44987a6127f482cedfc21f63f28198a6c5904
font_02_sfnt_off00011678.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11678 17824 bytes
SHA-256: d2cd693cb565af7db122e04b1e8b16eabb980618b8a656da33b4d5ca4f1cdbf2