Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 deb49d6cc244643f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:46:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bd22007bae091dcde09d6902afc5f9b2 SHA-1: cd502a62613c8fac6964bbfb71382efa3b996b37 SHA-256: deb49d6cc244643f9220ded3b949a58ba4b0a90f9531d92f88ef2953f02bdc93
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, several of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing. The 'SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH' heuristic specifically flags this as a Microsoft impersonation lure, aiming to steal credentials. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+the+file+extension+pdf+stand+for.
  • 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://lesbambousbleus.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/56647197564.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed311d4c1933c63e45116afc3a73f5cc/79439627082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/zetapijugopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44977443172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/26423961094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/wogomalomafogufurugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/fekaliluwodoguvarazatozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/sizajejepevotimivovaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/50165028175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nowokadubuwevatalelikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aff02b01542b164fc383ee360a5428d8/katajufijixapikerujeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idealist.ro/userfiles/file/jirirowatazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dekegitide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/37430645320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3eb2b56ac9d702fff3aa1e96c3a4528/budiserebiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkpstroitel.ru/upload/files/vovuvelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904071220523631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h400t4rhh79hffbbi30t0eitjp/98164397351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfc299c1803---80344046660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32941087569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/muvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccckjt5e6mh0h5m4j86c18kje0/21081795679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selltoob.in/ci/userfiles/files/49555809506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/97340991927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+the+file+extension+pdf+stand+forPDF 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_off0000d446.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD446 18512 bytes
SHA-256: d1ec1afa8d91fc58dd518dc6bbab63943dff31bd13feaef0ef9ba7e030f88cbf
font_01_sfnt_off0001040d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C24 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 8b752f991524814e8fc73dd659b3735dd7a01cee8516645d60ad1405dc3be3b3