Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 debbf5a065a8fed4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-06-22 17:05:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 829452512786491ee670e3a106ef47e0 SHA-1: 752c4469b8e14ba8e89e6fcbe214cd0bca4c15ad SHA-256: debbf5a065a8fed494c0d789317f675f6ce1a58b9886ee795d6d51998fc5d90d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to download files from compromised WordPress sites, disguised as a "Railway maths book pdf in english". The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms on disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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.
  • 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 http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072575f85840---zadikakunodinazulo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9108adfe1ff3cc06c365ee2d59a4bbc/84454387080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc0f438ecd---xosapaxudegubenima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efdbe9c5ae---bixolufotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf53aac5422---33828671280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/zexesekegaduvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zodesiruwafewesuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924230cf48d---nofalaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3c3b8f16b---kuwageluponisitobedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/lefesaramoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broodjedenbosch.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neremu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/futimagopubeveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-communications.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6837515086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/49495709967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c710c0105e---wulikujiraverojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42e986154fefa914f0d6bcbd75aaf8d6/33503086504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a103a2f12c0---wepipojupesapinikosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a47b7o41nch0k4s6p0hj3i9es2/betorotukelimomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=railway+maths+book+pdf+in+englishPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000107da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DA 5552 bytes
SHA-256: 219eab15892f98ec4388670dbb3032eebe35ec4b47236296eb5ff6471b6bbe88
font_01_sfnt_off00011aad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAD 3720 bytes
SHA-256: d0c9e33916e9e64e42e31bcf0d345f6c2fcd41735b1a34df0119bd0eb1094281
font_02_sfnt_off00012611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12611 11228 bytes
SHA-256: c1fa8269d7ad8893fb794e9272728251b3a4267224720337b621ea9ee29e43ef
font_03_sfnt_off00014c59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C59 4324 bytes
SHA-256: b50a2106bf82917db0cd3cf88f63c5e8cc3298b343ace5cffc591b35df33d24c
font_04_sfnt_off00015a5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A5A 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 8c3aae2a216f9a6bf54a14dde77dff216c373faef0483e4ebe2213735743049c