Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daa8dd0b944ea878…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-08-30 08:45:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 09f21c3b9fd8f37035f7ced0b330d7c6 SHA-1: e6a608c99c0210b52aa45e38a82a107174ff5684 SHA-256: daa8dd0b944ea8780d4b4ce8d2dd2f60bcb18923ddfbad3f686d9f306033d39e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm strategy are consistent with attempts to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a6eca12d801f91871c7f773c18af3ea/kelamopurobinixagegoreme.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixemiligor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver.jo/ckfinder/blanc/files/25599627975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/45663338232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11130703713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/31423056231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/61649348512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100affa650cb---7498151441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatkade.com/basefile/eghamatkadecom/files/54847683074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076197937f12---33700398445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30435909643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cb639d41b---33333779924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3625bf3d3f5f2567d7c0db5e3d8a92c/pepasiwitezotujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuahuyhoang.com/media/ftp/file/44377425363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhadatonline24h.com/Images_upload/files/jurexomefawenumasumemelav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd0ec787f7d5d7ba11cc1d72e601703/winasijoresilofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/zudogefojimarugagomase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwhs79.com/clients/867100/File/filaranadozowuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uofgb5tqcdm7fl9a3fkbmmmm21/51843324349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42e2baccdfb6afeb68681add80e15330/wotululagegujeman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/numugopuzawato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aefffb9bacf5ur2hk5pq9c24hh/wozudaduxenojazudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indirimlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/56274298654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52dra6uatgac751mhic2f8npb2/74964609130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ctet+previous+year+paper+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_off0000cde2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5F9 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 23537933fec77521f467d0af66faee103c7138bf4bbed3f4fc9d1ff3f52cc6d8
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE92 17692 bytes
SHA-256: f9930edb9fbef64346c1f867da541fa570f3343e39582c510f2583ec62ae2d7e