Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd1aa1f1192b83dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-18 02:43:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7f38eb17b7b10f6a4671b053ecca8ac8 SHA-1: 6d49939bb846c7477ed07c2a18ad10f13572350f SHA-256: dd1aa1f1192b83dd89c5096550e0d2bb7de21f0e418486849c6d8dca3e6eec6d
156 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 external URIs and is structured as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution, rather than delivering content directly within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+get+directv+app+on+my+samsung+smart+tv PDF link annotation
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c8f9d2835---50117102762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4794b6f01---nakidanofupulajovile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92796120419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/voom86a5gk1q2fokejnbclnre1/66274874451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1620543779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/bomexudokavemile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/970055cacac9205efee6412eb794b681/nirafutojebibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82ff4a1f493e78bbe0d41016b0dc0cdf/zejomakuvel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/73747251503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/kiveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezobagiwegegigotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3840ac17d8b77971f98776063d320d3/9492158210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a879fa7e53---jivarusaviwewaxawiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/jumexanuvugugewokegik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aecff23f7e---85229304364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goneviaggi.com/themes/userfiles//files/1683751455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/ripivewifurifusoxebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pu6u9csjg8t5oepub95supif4b/59464733512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://napiarsaigh.com/images/9796647941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/75787753778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/lomonidolosomozew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610aa55b828d4---jotaxolunujepit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/jevabosadebelokojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents/files/vudolozilasazalikuwiwovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949224133ef---29451089941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF211 16920 bytes
SHA-256: 53f9ddbce5469ad0adc5b741a3d53126be678e6896c86e5860ee90f88ec7a949
font_01_sfnt_off00011e0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0F 11120 bytes
SHA-256: d47097e5843bc5ae4489609f3d8085f24a5a9f4772f1da3be5e03f79386d5103
font_02_sfnt_off000137ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1