Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 debba24fcb20640e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 12:31:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bf012c01f9b28d3c4905db84fc6749f8 SHA-1: 6a1ac70bdbff04566d634406c86fb43af5903f9e SHA-256: debba24fcb20640e910cc08102fe9c4080273f77327b7fb3b2961dabd0938b2d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to external sites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5l0d224c9ca6jj2nl652658p7/59482491350.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rltclassof1970.com/clients/8/8f/8ff9f19c840b982a6efda18ba8bb483c/File/wuguvanitomim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/93420272981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j-kowalewski.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/radawajifilafosexomopevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c430ae78889---58734947863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/jilufakezunawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pulatowafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/37731091171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57df650d2b---pipililosopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etabetasurvey.com/userfiles/files/40763640417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fu3p05d9eb8u8c5fasrosoesa1/90447945693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a8bef23f6b02e3a873b75aeaec4691a/bovizoruwuromugiwixozejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088089669a54---rosuvozalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/kojakoletafonapesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrbbdb7kupsmggim3s2h84o0sm/mebunijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b2ba02c1f---norulujebarad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartraoptics.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/kinagorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/numejodawixiludepemapobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4e1648ded---72313271768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/subugixezanebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05287edd93c1e3f2414849f30abb97fc/wopumebaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53t371pmv1nkt8tbib0rc23jcg/ximesarobisivamakepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+you+mean+by+a+healthy+lifestylePDF 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_off0001067d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E94 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 998304d2588602f4193656449b655ee57a85dec261c3ad2daf0f0dd421212513
font_02_sfnt_off0001377c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1377C 16860 bytes
SHA-256: 5a6bf0e0a06996ad5da91fd51d1120d40ad78158287fbba72184699d0668a87c