Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dce44ed92bb91b54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 03:35:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 04db517106a06751e1a00e354aa2160c SHA-1: 335c5387103b2f2cd8c1109b523270345e0aa3be SHA-256: dce44ed92bb91b54920bfb68646c979d1e72495656e8adc03fff5152dd185475
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to download malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates the potential for further exploitation or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sigepokiwufexoruforoburas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e4e8e875b---97025989088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/kamonisutovelalidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1000families.eu/userfiles/file/9231960459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/diwozakekejuvavujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85128844734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d6e0932e4b140ff34ab6a18b6487b4/vobewupofazute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b0e1337c16---88030451092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/nofenowovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tunhuaduytan.com/upload/userfiles/files/36870236193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/17240297073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reformedgeneration.com/userfiles/file/buvogusiwipumenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aaebajlcgx.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/gugipifidutow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/regidunililepekufigorale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-fasteners.eu/media/file/xilupozapaziwixozexirek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipobobobolafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kite-surf.sk/files/60429260239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalavto.ru/userfiles/file/40605967993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungangroup.com/uploads/files/202109031344253908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/mujumesibixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e68ec6dd86---mepuzexajubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/ralapimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/katexijowelapimod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329dc966462---11502748007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56563186654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=tekken+7+mobile+game+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000b998.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB998 10764 bytes
SHA-256: a71f8cff1bc538085e4b7299b02077da6b799e641e8634ada70f6dd00e0b2a73
font_01_sfnt_off0000d22c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD22C 14976 bytes
SHA-256: ba95912336e0ce77540f0416558eae02bfd180befdc9e053d9709cd6cf97371e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f808.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF808 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1