Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ddfd16f2773e348…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d7c1fcf61bbfa660e4ff8223afaa9fdb SHA-1: 8147cd772b555ea977c8ad5e95156e807dd17eea SHA-256: 8ddfd16f2773e348f4cd25ff35969b4225298fd3518ea26838a729eec193f3b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and the presence of numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/petefidivirefalitiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d528826a93e6d915254e13f84d4bb8f8/36511659750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tiv2lc15g3d9uev8bfdcfrj8b4/vovinibafeludag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/64354972153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a472b0ae4f---73780565147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimaboxirezalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaroma.fr/upload/file/15999148978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f94c03194---xuxobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b43022d264431a67750043e29825043/50467043939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734e71ee6d8---gifukewaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/1500211976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printsolutions.ro/uploads/wysiwyg/files/vasagorapawerosuzode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldtimerclub-thueringerberg.at/images/file/jepaxatizikixevulisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohntraumgmbh.at/42787595871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofosisazadovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/88380757251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/99767272138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmradiatoriai.lt/images/files/41629283869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susanirvine.com/clients/82887/File/83482789229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/xuzoxovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966c3c02492---diduresukonuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/60488659688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a709d3bdba5bd18fab5633aba8212ab8/toripelunefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/23282875684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/33687969521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+and+disadvantages+of+time+series+analysis+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_off0000d93b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD93B 17144 bytes
SHA-256: baa509a84c0993f605abafe78db5c2e64d69eb113c2559a424f4bb8e1e419a43
font_01_sfnt_off00010525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10525 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D3C 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 1519931cd079e9bf33f6e1ca6b48c76e5089232618080cc8692f2266db9c30a2