Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 deceee3378374b63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:24:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ab20590e7816abb02e14f8525d2a5d4e SHA-1: 0862fe6064a7d9e330771fb1bb1e7dae13645ce3 SHA-256: deceee3378374b634355be9a7d23df090cda55ced8014b1ac1b52d28cee0d87f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to other PDF files, many hosted on domains associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=suku+budaya+di+indonesia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/kekifinasotuvideko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugojalejapugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://somogyplusz.hu/files/88889251663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607002fcd8748---kawibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lavirijuxigipokusagigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannhuaduong.net/upload/files/wevuzogonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/zumavaxerefiden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be8d91b2a5c7085287e641a9f6672ab3/35820644539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/xijopukomenodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/52942472524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41ca221151---56382854424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/loziposiwipadabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motorlustor.net/userfiles/file/fajomajup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hstgm0tmof2np63e216v8uuqqh/66193847499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaghhaztbcd1agjgbccsgfftf.xn--p1ai/pict/file/wobizotalewosokutafebeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8458c45bf90d6d697a0d0d8a2f7dcbdb/guxamuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6c76ff1905---fakilafefirozoxubapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b25b50255---16713218052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnsonsdynastyincfamilyassociation.com/clients/10108/File/talilunujorelesemavufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wanyuantemple.tw/userfiles/file/wovuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/vutikezewagofepevub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cddb4ca295---gikeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/bonomixiwuzubagukawinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parkettworld.com/upload/files/90506758330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d7e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000effe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFE 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 70e33e53a3d119f779c9ffa1985e9e2f1cdcb713c16d0dd7b19c0e37f20a4786
font_02_sfnt_off000108b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B2 16912 bytes
SHA-256: b3db0900c80a2f67e5ca1b41348ca5c2845201f8f7e9de13731b86b60bf358bc