Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dddba8f242c4fe6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 13:48:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 968f2c8b5d97915619220aab69563a2e SHA-1: 924cff6517ef596f8498b63aae43f2363eb265cc SHA-256: 8dddba8f242c4fe6416a7eb04b665ac4d14a537a80cd995a9b320185b501f6fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains a link farm directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites host further PDF files, indicating a multi-stage download or redirection process. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e0136ae23c8263e2d5fccc62c0824a/55070179198.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e5a0ef985dd37c7183d75a136d59f2/wekase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcdfb9babca97eef5a1cb79963baa138/pomujisaxaxuxekeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/tukarejibomapimewifumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/4334085201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/sedojitaxixopodipasagowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd2f96d19ec52702641b254767b9c36/30269481596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715a0cd5508---6713243344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/fibawuxipavugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/jofijuvukurufubitetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb093556b25---71823676382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdddde31482---rewuxovozetebodix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c88lr1r6bmgvdhvae47a22hhsh/656002203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniradioweb.info/userfiles/files/87070432814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woori-tour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210624_BC15B380BAA8E9A3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cm44ssif0qq03kloqd1gdu1si/pejomegewomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ba1e62f58b26e5f0191b1c04a905d6/rolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210703_16DA9301DD605AF8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b464e0f6eb---wozadetaripur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/44151324014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c5082a3e7---mivufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210723034555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1b7osdreg7ecvvuhjuvb82565/xiradakatepiwikujukowoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/4240525504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=starting+out+with+java+from+control+structures+through+objects+5th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000c794.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC794 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFAB 11796 bytes
SHA-256: 1b78faba18611c5222cad0a402a39551e5e7a8914cf084a0685615e4ab71e93a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB52 16732 bytes
SHA-256: b2124b051210a9f40a670e60ded7aed7b7e8bb35a9aad0fd6ecb2b5f82ffc8a6