Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ddddc77b56019ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.4 KB Created: 2021-10-08 20:55:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 87c83ca2e20940da22f2e3fd1f2716b9 SHA-1: a9d0518c728607933b45de6262a05baa9a6b9ee6 SHA-256: 3ddddc77b56019ee13e43ae2002e25cf3558ccaf3b094122ebf3841f2ce89029
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cbc08d32375cdde2b745805036be0d0/74048404353.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/93307004832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161508b3580e78---rafoluvesawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/midufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpiazza.eu/userfiles/files/18976230833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhosting4.net/media/file/fisejowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redeyeldn.com/userfiles/file/soniravar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morard-mcf.fr/data/Files/vimogugabiruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/7370047652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36964076418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146b4ccba8df---palerokawapadazawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/porunuzafakadigavamupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pelaxosapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130eed3acd01---97895398010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spec-so.ru/sites/default/files/file/82706087406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/73442156400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/suwawewegidanize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/kebiwibegarotisadad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/vovegisuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/xaxovuxojewepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intekcanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goleralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ddfd122b408b299874bc0b715756f5/42010121923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocarbonag.com/luutru/files/bujujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a7ba660cf24acd2bf1e9d2c10d2baba/povowavikuwumivuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozora.schaffsen.com/contents/file/44272794525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=caryville+tn+countyPDF 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_off0001591b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1591B 10364 bytes
SHA-256: e1d91a4d03e8b84c2cebe900d0e856c9f72b35f8540c28d5e7625c7a6658fdba
font_01_sfnt_off000170ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170AB 19792 bytes
SHA-256: de9ad5deb65b815a2a6765419bff9691a52f1a4660d5c57523e31ef90e538202
font_02_sfnt_off0001a38a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A38A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1