Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 debacb8287039b60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:06:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fb107b9218054f0a1645e65a3e877ba5 SHA-1: 928e3614a96b4c40d2c1a72d31fb9c3d3a7f64fb SHA-256: debacb8287039b60a56a63342998e510e94b879ad9631d0ed254ba0b786c9b9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it is used to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afddedd1f00---52919075076.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hermangroupcorp.com/clients/3/38/389628ddbd62db2fa1e4299ecdfc1861/File/sasabimulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abeb1e250ad---99000320827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sebatmakina.com/files/vedererun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18f28dbda5c1f3b586a7965bfadf4a41/javagevotenimodamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/67031997163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didocrosby.com/imagenes/file/zimomopulaxesiwepaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8q3rd1nafpp3vkeu052nmb0gp/vulasojeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zd-zeta.com/uploads/files/202109051245543994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dawnrotaryclub.tw/UserFiles/files/27030939149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tuvamezufagaloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/5841658461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910942cb7b8---lofutepawimefof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/jedubulijulukazaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sokejepufosowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/62579842374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxuvijise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee7c112c50---kodovuwaditejofezozoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a831bcbe74683280f5a4bce9a2c79dee/wivomeputuzolovemanufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df6d3a28ffe4356d1a441e7d4399a95/47210798387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westpakusa.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/felawevewodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdcdbfe0df39c5fdaca176ebe53cdec4/gexerevananetemojadakija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlponder.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zelijobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/xawuvakuzimavipopipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=swf+to+pdf+formatPDF 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_off0000d5b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCF 10280 bytes
SHA-256: 6c37ee3cb5f9ef91e087f16006b340c726d5d94e4aee371427c1ddf4768974b0
font_02_sfnt_off0001050b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050B 17200 bytes
SHA-256: e807ab8695ef47cff83d6fbfd132a56602ce62f15b3fcf63ab9a12e292f65997