Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 deb6bb33c96417e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:21:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 29278ff3d0ae36b9e0c82ccff1dc2fda SHA-1: 833ffb94a2102764cae7999d85cbc015601150ef SHA-256: deb6bb33c96417e0f300d62096762d1cd5473477c6b845cabee063ba6b1105a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The heuristics suggest this PDF is part of a phishing campaign, likely delivered as an attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=government+accounting+rules+for+treasuries+1992 PDF link annotation
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wotap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/55775928381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ac78b31ff3---86914627758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sammyuriasproperties.com/userfiles/files/43678066238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96546236758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/80400725926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d84683c60a---wabubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/defaguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/welonolisefevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/99572505178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46518d3a180fbb3117df48c46a0d867/foxikelorobubotoxewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f2f9a5a720d68967fedd52b1a78c418/52265808079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sztarmedia.hu/_user/file/30382769292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/fomudikapegubuwowida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b4b60c4df---81122655618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/86665920510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67d29e79b3---sosujawurolobegefitivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db64a8482d60cf9143513705c63d846e/mimatapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celiapopememorial.com/clients/4/45/45605e685ba8a3b32f56966823665796/File/98587848476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.org/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/dagegefafufuliguromupuziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.net/userfiles/files/65146555827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/jagulezidaxagifozum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicboxpiano.com/contentfiles/mobizabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/lumeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/vinapupidejizejomujagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ffarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/88253904624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c363ea78315---57685522665.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_off0000e7b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFCC 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 7da1eebd68fd65bc3c5f8f1166c01317212e9b758abacc654b6d0ecec6ef3415
font_02_sfnt_off00011a42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A42 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 6901af133bb0ac95f552cba1dadfe9bec6399ac9a2092e48c36a52840671c312