Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dd101390531a11b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:43:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ffb937fbaeddbfa2c1af4afc5a0ec62e SHA-1: 5ef5b4845a6266e1f5e83e7ee3d5fc5403259c24 SHA-256: 1dd101390531a11bf1ce2b9bda51923bb8223873560908199e5b9304e6319533
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of 'utm_term=infectious+diseases+pdf+free+download' in one URL suggests a lure for potentially sensitive or sought-after information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://trongtinpc.com/luutru/files/91763876057.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://heydarbaba.org/resimler/files/44109322071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aeternoplanning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saruvimujeniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/26726291254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://back2wood.de/userfiles/file/49973713544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/genosaxapopebopogow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a568a341127---jejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/popudinowolomugizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coachhouse.info/assets/file/90009277039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/xepugalupuripib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/regunufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/nizodotiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e7e013ecb---20452113830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0n5i4gpm1j15ccaol0eknm1o4/50960347572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87952491309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba57f216ca---30094048480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/38863568595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a926f64183---xopipitapisuzumadujufij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68098872935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naveenent.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/manumobumuzefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc7860d236---sizivudugasezegunedoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggb5m6rpi5u77e6h5e27ujnrq5/fetotafabukokifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d8b02e965---tuwoderesekikuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f36c51493f---36968784453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelmitrutarija.com/uploaded/files/zebavujomawaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=infectious+diseases+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000fd36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD36 17452 bytes
SHA-256: e5b953fed53ba98ba6eeeb97ec6549806b4af80ad72a0dd18313d14ec24d71f5
font_01_sfnt_off00012a56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A56 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 15e3346a92c5efbff62e3a72c02902991adc0566ec28846320f9562c0b9ec9cd
font_02_sfnt_off00014343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14343 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1