Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfeba33bc1f57387…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:10:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: d4689b3ee56c095a808e18f151f960a8 SHA-1: 82e9791c4eddfeeff97a0c44f65ac9475cc14fe9 SHA-256: dfeba33bc1f5738704adcb3f7fdecd3ee6c086c28953936bf3d3f252c6fb2d1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=to+be+vaccinated PDF link annotation
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca10889043---94533974927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cdba49c48---4769485006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68128773006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2cdd1fc24---61874187122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872f96a7980---5952584187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardarnoldalumni.com/clients/a/ad/ad1dcfa6f69ac51e3fe6bec18f6cf6d6/File/50119381745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a1e11a7a1---65630223567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/reludagekibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a4fph9ah42t9pcjmc3hk5ig80/93086013825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5otoim3h7q726lmnlrg4j6el7f/vidurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkjv.com/Images/Media/files/24353570912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126791609361---bekaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regionalhealthprogramsww.com/images/file/23251982383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f51568e5ef---jafonomivusitinosesosezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/mudulowagivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/80823826312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/77267677776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d960e90cf3c04cc45d2e5f051baeef8b/73686099088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/sotadutozofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/27528707375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/redig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210525224746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c2c545dbb873d376ee67b9c93e9cae/30482764246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df8b2e2d7e---tumabujobemitimato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/70532105382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4b3f0353dfcf0a37162506cacb7cbc/40900949646.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_off0000fd43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD43 18504 bytes
SHA-256: 46624ceece3e03c1eb6dfee427dfbeedf238cc7deb85180cf2627e9f015ea1f3
font_01_sfnt_off00012d97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000145ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145AE 10216 bytes
SHA-256: b891fc5857f7e1fe59069468a789ae1e45247ebd23218c062e8d02a82767348b