Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 debaae686f295252…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 00:13:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7f090b9d7c359ebde5692cfe05e0111b SHA-1: 575a4a83937f21afecbe28a542d064b898b155ec SHA-256: debaae686f2952526f7a38c95e2984cd928805c75fb0b439ab3a4d788a2cd69c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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 http://stromzeleny.cz/file/fezojobitij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90ed557fa7---34472429926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e108f78cbeac2df254233d30c6adad7/jukinimaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/71062754788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b542bd0cd727ed5529cbc1e068fefca/gugovunosap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/95572225392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ideylia.fr/uploads/file/vazunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0f5c21ce9---52010897353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4933230e42d49fa9a166e8783b098511/68973115637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607868d3b4127---66821791032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/puxugakoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0s1bag49ui9o0pv3768r9h4kk2/dodidewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608785bfec959---neriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b991f2f2bc9d5b7241beec14adbef17/sijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/guxazuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/mesekarumusadavodejatufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linhkienhunganh.vn/luutru/files/dogorilatarupunibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0s5f282idnefalmhihhsvrf0q0/97365041845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiabiru.com/contents//files/44784609814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8bbf0eef1---37712425023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8c6aa7ae3---fuladajox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/jevebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085185e32944---relojuravemijafilumabuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granite1962.com/clients/869125/File/norasugekeburametezifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deshpanday.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poritirelunesulalamile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zagigorimiradufazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+oil+in+husqvarna+yth24k48PDF 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_off0000c33b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC33B 11512 bytes
SHA-256: c6f8840071a3b6f6745c807c07a3bedf2d12f3c716e9945348fdc5207a01e7b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000de4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE4A 16192 bytes
SHA-256: beede572177bfbc03b2ddc852cd870451250170636fbaee2d0ddf57e17e370f1
font_02_sfnt_off000107eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1