Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dd3cf0d1efb4628…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:55:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cc0ee8d39118babe4d3d17789b9c2741 SHA-1: 812db60288a9da3817cd08086e2b31eb723d6bc1 SHA-256: 4dd3cf0d1efb46280428c8feb92b03915606ef88be7759952544edc3052f85f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware or engage in phishing activities. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest a broad, automated distribution campaign.

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+chess+tactics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/wobovadaduxinowodigoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronniejoymemorialfund.com/clients/1/1a/1a75100f29d804137a154ca93ef51a80/File/gotafisobozopixadakitetej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80755cec48---52246025386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce5e8985d74d506bec7f41b005fe041/1482279774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f62b031011c94ce2c9839cdaa01ac96/mefujanefonej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b62607c31262e5f20e527d54627d5072/86506593037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawks79.com/clients/85064/File/fiwisikajalaganotibuvodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogeldua.com/contents//files/jelezuzikusizezaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/25982941634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3873d66e6a3bb3f6942ea823c50bdede/44637758555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edcd0bc2c38---56847746985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///2021747349493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608673bddc7cd---gufamozivesewip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24545945170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b120a2915d3---jizitubobijada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/tirexinuted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/kogifubogasev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphuctqueen.com/upload/files/dewekexowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c8c513792---jakopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sirajutusaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqqpgu9bh86fp2469u22p5f5rl/bijoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e61f2d3c8---76262845702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/45483862607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7393230370db1523bd1454562a9cd7d0/66584852743.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_off0000d5f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE08 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 97cc149856464341999312a36303c5b2443f6de4253d6072dbb6f20f9f3cd792
font_02_sfnt_off000119a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A2 10496 bytes
SHA-256: a43de8acf10201200af9c670f15fbf85889fa3c0ecd44920d490d0c9971dc31f

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