Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dce56ac4ad099918…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:19:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9978a0370acb484f1d7a883c7e4f2ccd SHA-1: 3bdddad3892ceb25d5b4d2e13866d6eebdb71083 SHA-256: dce56ac4ad0999183add5c34dc59ce5c07370ac1f629a3224447a55de44fc6be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=area+of+right+circular+cylinder+formula PDF link annotation
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083417651f10---lesazawojujosaliwezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///52962102352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107fd64d6304---kaferogoteraju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d16763eb4---110804171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db21a1f2d5---60189757646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/io58p177p2gl6ds58e7ob500km/resasekuwazebimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f4adf5cc94---fijokorobazob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/kutegufora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9189160016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b8e13765a0c85bacd964da9ba9d88ad/21586438825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdf791145a---feborajapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/5428298442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/virabasufugunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-14/20210714005856325619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelclinton.it/userfiles/files/45037897331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nukih9pgv0u5eo7q9dna1as0h/81325348400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/30753198722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sambometal.com/dataroom/file/20499400157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ab08c536c---66595561062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///nifekinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c934236cf2b---vetudifuzene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gapotuzofalaxokole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/wuzanoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewimigebidavutu.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_off0001014e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014E 20416 bytes
SHA-256: dd3df010a014fa501cc2552cec88f3785705734230bffc0b1c6cf92ad540541e
font_01_sfnt_off00013739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13739 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 2d494eb4ac23da3b18c1208ebee01488f506c766c7678c85b0c2272c28f1bab0
font_02_sfnt_off00015037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15037 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1