Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 debc1c17ce4b0eea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 18:53:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 30cc058ab976ebd3d34ab4d3fa6d078f SHA-1: 9eea3079c1d5df2c0d149fc19c18626e0da6cb67 SHA-256: debc1c17ce4b0eeae650fa0b124b3f9b2b8bc2b376368ebf354c0c03f670e8b9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution, aligning with the characteristics of a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://fallsplat.se/file/vuvogutuvaboxaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e22bc36dc---76682569827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/79981753716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/lupuzuromumazerepegixigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedime.org/imagenes/sabuxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/buvonavofosok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/ledotixigisaripewogijol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767fd3561aa---jureposar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f0a61345d---xivume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cc68f4e33e7244c209a2496335d0bae/58885274876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2a4f4aaa7---72349072908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-gallery.mn/uploads/files/rafexovepegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742ed402265---27027785423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/66747700695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef73dabab8dc907e42a9c7335bfffff5/20235010286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5a92681fd---87747212564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bab88446f6---32802530526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/34959471265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/xipesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdasesores.gestconcursal.com/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesoxojobotutukulage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recapress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87318720920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/jebifokuxelugarazewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f12e266a2e---majeduzopuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+jerarquia+de+operaciones+5+primaria+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF352 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 8358559c7a92aae2483acda57013e3196ee9101a04aaa2f3eb60d8b28f5345b3
font_02_sfnt_off00010d04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D04 16240 bytes
SHA-256: 5b88b971b18ef57378f111bb1a6cefd11746671530c65ce1d5e6ce58b25a34ed
font_03_sfnt_off000122b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B8 19088 bytes
SHA-256: d980bbdc03336553c0e36c6260f77788e9f56da9d436007bf8f5c09ed7aef451