Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 deb9261d866ad5a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 02:34:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8c5ff9aecfe91a04fb59035d37941102 SHA-1: fb57ff26aff65dfe2d6ac30d9866f4429fd00fec SHA-256: deb9261d866ad5a6ecca6b0a490671af972bfec59d9fe6771adc4dfdccda36c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content, likely for phishing or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb24e3f4c2184ea7803f94663cd43ebd/39165933328.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d09e171b957---93647942127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c892b30969---bojelatolesirijafuvarodos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/484e2872e8ff55306290c07f1c9a1656/83361666605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761bda3e799---tavipefodesewakagirire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075577ada8dd---11072952311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae364be3fe---togasamexiwovomivufaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb07601130b---vudowuvuvoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ef5b3ef0b---66521705905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b652573270c---rulusokuvakiwupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/kugifubexemizodizonelupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/22159135931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a3ec07dc4---kawujegitirutixutaxonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9fd879e9f---4104510787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lctrading-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pabazive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/jexubosekovafebikigezabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cccac898f8e---tiwosobopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc28466e68---56373476527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de3ea12500b---mimopamojudapuxajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/wesixisujori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpjdeps6r3voslnckgc7u0sr3c/48739836577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/7931978002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56db0b062ab7fd4bd32c0bc3f3798811/73387393761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=george+winston+piano+solos+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off000148f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148F5 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 4d6d5e22bba9a657061fac8f8a4114e021a86d4b82b0927ebe2dad10a145bd45
font_01_sfnt_off000161d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161D5 19104 bytes
SHA-256: 0a970c766945a1fd5282c92ab8a5eb5efb81d47a2b7b87a615fb544d0d3e5a3d
font_02_sfnt_off00019387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19387 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1