Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dd9d0cd51cf41fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-22 00:31:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: c0043a1668a324385a533735cf1d2386 SHA-1: 8ec2a51f1d84d9f2a754a88a1cb735e28fe3c5ae SHA-256: 5dd9d0cd51cf41fe75f45f2449f765f92614c62d4d84fc040750e4ab04541a40
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which are compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking through to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bk279cndvr0rpoirtmoeqfhple/dixanobaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/86621637090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dfd4eac49b5502fe54c7d80b122f544/14734396207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609421f6e881c---63823153123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ce93cfab51e1f9f1d21023f68a78579/13817403415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f6e6e992599199c5b62386a6ae69f1/timutugadijejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff6dc61963eece8b0dec5b8f2ad0885f/70739407970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7pair6kdubbh8bg973v62bblc/filazejuwigodadudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aacba379b0---62291582459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/65468431598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31576ab6b6---zubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/82001310488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d23a707170e8bd1a23d16fa5750055/lozarapopaximebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5bd634229d8f353e22a1af72701eacf/48054339878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9516f18be0---87214446893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/95233048436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inglewoodreunion.com/clients/68690/File/siwasedasoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattuvaartha.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/kexedojalogaseloxazirirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/70879329616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/909133f8de36b91ce266c7e23b42204e/kekogapokavogasidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/sesudebovabusegaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84b19df069---gunugowanorawozumoguxalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b38c30879b99bc994f59e342c4e261b/masegafanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0c37b03ddbfec0af8516d94a2087985/vutugifisiruwiroxoxududox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirpub.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86749785278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skk.com.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18114402255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=c%C3%A1ch+kh%C3%B4ng+cho+ng%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Di+l%E1%BA%A1+xem+album+%E1%BA%A3nh+tr%C3%AAn+facebookPDF 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_off0000da4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4D 12404 bytes
SHA-256: 98733fda73a698340a70f48cf6d76b1f5ce6400c8799052e4bb86dd656f31730
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DB 32288 bytes
SHA-256: d198c58285be14a326aae8041d8426961d2975747dfd7c83e29411a483d09d64
font_02_sfnt_off00013240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13240 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1