Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcfba0eb3a60b9dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:37:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 313d6b9cde3eeba36ae627958facf825 SHA-1: c07d4013495c5b1312839767bcb4bcb9f20f18f5 SHA-256: dcfba0eb3a60b9dc33744e101379235695fba31f76b904b5b2fd4ad856310457
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These URLs likely serve as landing pages for phishing attempts or to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=anime+animated+wallpaper+android PDF link annotation
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/zibosakasitemejapijage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipobajozifubupewunupat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myoffice2561.sesao33.net/UserFiles/File/79963212677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55de1d2aae33eb462f698f2ed10ef2fe/49623627827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etyekilovarda.hu/userfiles/file/89060762793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://addon-colsman.somantec.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedesizux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0b6a697a35938f0cc26ed76ccd7012c/46838292295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/dumajuzurupexafimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/89739932685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/rupijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62453842171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chafewyuok.handysociality.com/upload/files/11709538688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12d4133f728536e18f601fc2db8b93e0/95340468973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projektovanje.info/userfiles/file/nunaxoxadojazizeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313feb3e481---43280123928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/65149987222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieltsadd.ir/cache/fck_files/file/repup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsinc.co/userfiles/file/majuxesuwefakujotajivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucsokszekszard.hu/images/news/file/daruwelareni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78707940650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energywork.pl/userfiles/file/9288799828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/wakemupijiwijevanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/74235849809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iagclaims.endataclaims.com/ModCoreFilesUploaded/file/doregedarik.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_off0000d964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD964 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 6c5d95ce55f80b7863a5445a885469bb1aa7f2eb174142f5cc3d8c39b5fbe209
font_01_sfnt_off0000f112.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF112 17552 bytes
SHA-256: f836d3061307c7f8c1aed17306328938fa47a1afa6e0e125d807e0a7d1c7b5bc
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1