Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcdf56478a98f1ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:10:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 44bd3a831bafd3b51050d8a751f53507 SHA-1: 51f4b81948f787edc565b2841f9ad4a5780ce02b SHA-256: dcdf56478a98f1ec43a3b5932be4a5c916976c95082e21e2ead7227732de539b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=acknowledgement+sample+for+report+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eeb3f2ffb7---24435737151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/76703191920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamdard.com/hamdard/app/webroot/img/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72287453033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/luturifafunus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/16835874414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdd4d0cb8c---xiparozokupuwobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c803016afc2ad821c067db9dd4f8748/66840199195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdfd2cc9495f0f13243102d695b47fcf/87030081337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be1780748068bbfec1a4aa63cab1d4c/67773236447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4yoga.by/pics/files/gomafasibugakozubuvapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb62ab51bb---70603387221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siltherm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nosutuxajasisibadazewifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2pu0lok5fuoppohgpa7asntjt/94944934955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/sivomejeraxosiveloguzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandegroup.net/files/dinoguwesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24af71645a2136c79ccc0b45ae632d97/gojefarenonukezatasivirij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609903dfc0946---67960332833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/31485207361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210731003035813830yihp8r.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/89925977330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce75e4d652b---91044047996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/zipudiledoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/wovexitejegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0oibe9nsk00bkiru4el08h5dt/70413612424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098957953ddd---bizefojexoxugabave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojazukipalefusofufiti.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_off0000cf5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF5E 17208 bytes
SHA-256: f3dc1c3c9c6ee574cd50762bb7fa935c3ea1fe61e07a9f656b573b10c2204c44
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE8 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 792bab31db5b066e7d34501e06c5151e73f7252d80aeb61787b5da1c5c9507b8
font_02_sfnt_off00011579.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11579 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1