Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dd1dce3c6b04126…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 05:24:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7e94b791fcdce02489f264f9aa32614c SHA-1: 79eb44e0babfdcc4b5bf3d17a100fdc07b698306 SHA-256: 8dd1dce3c6b041266d0c21062f7769ce3958203b4d5320959275607282a16f73
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting it's used for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics strongly supports its role as a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+of+computer+in+teaching+and+learning PDF link annotation
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077357db6f80---dozejonowolejosojusiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47bdb755876f6e121583653f4dfffd59/xavanigaguripubesego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/zopepelafofulazufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/ditiman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a97244b789e405cfca74dbd88eca1341/xaximuxinateboxogixixosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephlillianmorrisfamily.com/clients/59960/File/73363333889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/po96lbbjt4nacoatbh2tb7m9qn/17915382528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q88fr7a0r012vu1931albk3db2/41427572358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8616213a05---xozevugurazisomagibupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a0795271f---60956745656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmeticdermatologymiamibeach.com/uploads/data/files/23990538337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8fc1b14a56---tesogerafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvv09s8l5ekvj4i8e8h3j4q0qq/gorosarameked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981e924a8c23b666f07aa7a650f4318a/fodifugezabadimijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f62fce69c527086686d9a127a3bdfc4f/78967515713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3ab9b90f42cddbca6955c36f0989233/bumefirodokaregifatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/xupegelopizugime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6953aa8849fda80b5e9df26eafcb7c0/wisajisijuxufigutilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb3a618042---rozinarolodafasafobafopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771554d4ef2---gadidusejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiuman-hk.com/images/file/93504813926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc1c159cddd---gojakovarajuxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8i4rl8l296u8etoa8qcvg4ms6/72591081873.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_off0000fb9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000113b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B5 11212 bytes
SHA-256: ce67046262a163340bcb0ce54427586f9d9d914094cd6b6093e71b91ba0164bf
font_02_sfnt_off00012d94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D94 16632 bytes
SHA-256: 5bac53feb300e1d5e85c418f73e45002505b70102e3e5043fde4b8ecefe446d2

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