Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dd3b6ef899792b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b621269baee39671604fcd3fe65b0495 SHA-1: 427d12af2600a0c089f26168a36f9977721e8576 SHA-256: 5dd3b6ef899792b1f18cf4af46475ab0c8ef761d63547de42fe13b1516a31915
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and other PDF files, likely for SEO poisoning or to host further malicious content. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/33707567266.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/vuzuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28e96f18c3---56120691639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bf8022226b4cceaf332779b5d51dbbf/tagarolaxasusepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdee41bf4f---jinupeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c563c0df3---lazowisejawune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/jiked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jameshamiltondds.com/clients/6/6c/6cc67b5d90347a591bf4e9c0b97a5143/File/4610859607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ad1aefce2---papobukufanumejebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee1c41cab64---13324200959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c71dd1757e---tibibosegawafumarobogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.supremecaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujajurigixowesato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/getoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/40335494942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e38ee5bce8---miduxagemufupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wkd-uk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6b215b64ef6ce20d1f9ac8a2827b8b7/60521173533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/sujosaxapifetava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8268d90a70b9a3978fb417f973bb278/miruzaxejopijimuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15fcdfc733a724b31ef58a6d90b5d193/5951840977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefibagirerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levakov132.ru/userfiles/file/nerixadarujurixovubisisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/73859023818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2kcvq8jhh5mtf8msrbd2ocv2n/12457732199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/85312935859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=grammar+worksheet+for+class+6PDF 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_off0000ddc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D3 18048 bytes
SHA-256: a87079bc4d6989a4d95d1933d8802283c566c1498495d0d1e3fb6ffb7f6af086
font_02_sfnt_off000123d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D7 10788 bytes
SHA-256: dd16c266a2bd645e2fc35969273e66d5f10733e33e86d1172a11a6d5a8c61bb8