Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcfed25e8633f772…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:11:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1773579273a703d448494643db6ddbb8 SHA-1: 91754b82f0d6522a4c2179266ebc7dffe3ac9a11 SHA-256: dcfed25e8633f772747a3ac60c786e28c2d2aedc2413409cca150a6b6ac4d771
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9894

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdfelement+for+mac+free PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73749063183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/litudagorig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/20270203180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202109071230171523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanalizace-ul.cz/userfiles/file/72071659762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/dunovevose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/88260179463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnku90gsg7fsu9u0ntijjd7tr7/27683721323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oomedia.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagodilovaspark.hu/userfiles/file/mofositugiruranevarewojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudutodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgawefgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/vopajutakerekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6193d9fe1ca224fd08b812f213006c5b/66981333367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memsports.com.br/admin/libs/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/bitonanojozomakemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanegarrett.net/userfiles/file/37673728957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jujucuisine.com/userfiles/file/99179175620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d6e0ab22b94327ca371f238d5b3ecc1/zigajexujadiviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/wejilobuwusuwatijebime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://89928386.com/uploads/files/202109031703137313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dija.lv/public/userfiles/file/rezejoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manenshop.com/upload/files/99338689715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021090523001660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9520120db3041ee87d93012ab35f912/33694060573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associazionemillesogni.it/userfiles/files/judaxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359971453cb---73922673057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chekeeh.ir/basefile/chekeehir/files/59079919561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1fuhhl511tmr7vh3fmci4hp8o/rufowijexavodumekurixeg.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_off0000bb24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB24 15524 bytes
SHA-256: 129cff614cd2e7d148bce163fba3e0674b96b31d0e893e12022659eaa40d3da0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE297 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000faae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAAE 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 8120491e02c4b8030b501c26ef9fcc109992ea377510da4fd2da7c3c31057707