Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ddc13ac5ef7aabb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.1 KB Created: 2021-08-03 04:42:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5c6674fec80a27a91e7c07ef597371e1 SHA-1: 306a526c6039d40dbd83380b8f8f5ec93978a408 SHA-256: 5ddc13ac5ef7aabb97db2d43a67a138d6fc3109b89494bcae802704fdf639cc1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to lead users to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=blossoms+of+the+savannah+sample+essay+questions PDF link annotation
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4b8b85240---73566086592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210629_165059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7e8b40c925---79495705298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nukih9pgv0u5eo7q9dna1as0h/81325348400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5n86bft6523e57dt9jevthifk0/11010459677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/agga9gmbkavh6pg6ls235rj387/jodirixaxivafezedevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/59408432392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05d98311b3---3530250561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/tebevemive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7c933214e1---vegogene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/xexemoridu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3044a5bcc---9127783374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae101f8e789---xukunuwezonadimaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/99380866108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/53166622785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/14632588965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716dca32e3d---35218292616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/62806373937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b265b1d45c0---44966496366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/38144193039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/podomole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/96344196878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9stg0nnq0loh3gbvvt9j0f7ot/11281323415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hoh25gjbp73h6bmslcb3eh1bif/23551899467.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_off000138fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015113.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15113 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 842a7d11b83e8ee1528615d4712b4cdd8540b32c829aefc7dc7bec763f627272
font_02_sfnt_off00016a80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A80 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 0b0b94fdeb0d0aaf1114278f2f6b6604584a6139ab14dd6a4c271e92f9bdc0dd