Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd1367e227a2b46d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 04:35:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 083293c7161edc177241bc829785a4a1 SHA-1: 6ba006b266d73a17ec9e06a4830b04a802f90c33 SHA-256: dd1367e227a2b46d06de50544a431325d669ba0db54f18e1ef09142a2cdf1c3b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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.
  • 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://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/21001264023.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/pemojinojevukibul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a94ff8c68980acd9232b889b0e3f625/76468307889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/56821080159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/9207741306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecresconsolidamentorestauro.it/fck_data/file/zupateramovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9c2de6b5e---werojuzowaxefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021652142197664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac329d4a83---jokuzukibojematok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/1833518032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///tenebokokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligonfamilyreunion.org/clients/9/9a/9a44987365eba454cd9b2deda39aa7c0/File/60376743692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/78061460241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/rovanotarumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/xoboparuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/nemifarofokamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajepefuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a755a2c78---nupotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9d127c83d7535b95eab55b702995dce/voragatumikotelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a460e624e74---67159033191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54fffa8235---79236111196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soosekszer.hu/upload/files/21932069979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/72352874318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21772c5ee3c73f9033dcc89ee88d7617/28334078462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/098f59dc95edccbaf84b49654fcc817a/98065906803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=from+hopeless+to+hollywoodPDF 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_off0000f079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF079 10476 bytes
SHA-256: efcb7113b43a6c5a33993c92ced1ad4f3fb6e8a16327f7a2171a139f52af0665
font_01_sfnt_off0001085b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001206d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1206D 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 2f88c7ef9766dd7c24c2f6a02627dec76f1f4f2cdd559f5550d60d059d8049b6