Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d00de3c7733356a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 13:33:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7ec38c1feb01d587fd9a13046396eda3 SHA-1: 19084f9d914d81fa3d24532a7266bef3d3609430 SHA-256: d00de3c7733356a982a84c9672bb8e495072136e5edee8674819b10653358e23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the document's primary function is to redirect users to potentially harmful external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/85193080465.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609441a499663---7029855100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/vepaxabifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15thstpresbyterian.org/clients/d/d7/d7025cfb1d4df99eee5a588ecc3dd57f/File/64365707353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021051617425669888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/nelaluvasifegekejuzute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/41300862534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2d3ff9a08d4df3cc229f440bc516515/pitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvm2fs70ldd6m674dohb01lrs4/3319451221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161157a7b30be1---63560920744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7seapharmtech.com/Uploadfiles/files/lizubulizezewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/rixisijatifobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c89079e66---vaduronuzadosav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/160505838060a74dc46d15b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d91a027a034---70213411504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexuvuxepimeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/zafaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/mumetatipovivena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210606034519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31f982b447---71231399277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/722942c8029708c188aada8b979da2e6/welurevaboberejaxugogola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb1c41e3a2566cf282764fe82cd23f5/54499950395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/womak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e011d2d7c---xuzupesazefoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=catcher+in+the+rye+character+matchingPDF 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_off0000e930.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE930 16568 bytes
SHA-256: d5b0bb7b55a7d0ccd0a08a68ae604daccc0d05e5e8369f60991e717ac5c1ce1c
font_01_sfnt_off0001142e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C45 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 829b760fb075ac1466e081b85736132c745d75e9b70afa613c36b85a6d63bd16

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