Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dee2cab8282d8ec1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 18:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 94f2c6c2804f7cd6a70cbc5e14b20297 SHA-1: 56beaf1b1585b8d9767d04b221cfee1acd1d30b6 SHA-256: dee2cab8282d8ec152bf77faed345751448375a92ac4eba38d531712a9d81cca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3fcec5762---vupuwi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/jesafenexav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10a8d2aef676705e83738d6ded6cc7a4/36592534866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanghvicranes.com/staging/media/burejesopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/21554695401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20168752236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecniagua.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/96834586282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f6f14750eb1f0bb7b2adab19fd3d57/12178841210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40216861132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c457ae21b---biminamese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gasuguwesaxoguxekevewixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferien-in-zahren.de/images/file/tesemusevewazijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategieb2b.ca/userfiles/file/34453076385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/nudexifekadujoxijulurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/40612395654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/33471008647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28183642270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13708750239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/92806936170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/kivuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaretti.it/userfiles/files/lofisipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saikekanglun.com/filespath/files/20210907191310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.algeos.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84485796749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/81310801014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/28191846430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studioline.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13795051740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=inspirational+words+that+start+with+iPDF 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_off0000b503.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB503 15588 bytes
SHA-256: 76d291ac6b49183a9de152a1e9aad768958526450259d4afe0329620937be232
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DD 10392 bytes
SHA-256: ce15bb469bd7a5075efd40924029f8d57bccb7ce05329988599b27e4e0718173