Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd1e4845b50286d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:01:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 262fa6bd13e03752d90f33896396714c SHA-1: 9db6fa379c10e5f671b57ec1be2dfacdbfa63f62 SHA-256: dd1e4845b50286d1a3f111505476fcf24d24d84ae6c61d4a2c7bcc74ff72f0ba
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites. A critical heuristic indicates a lure for clipboard command execution, instructing users to copy/paste into a shell. This suggests the document is designed to trick users into running commands that likely download and execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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 https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a245ed22d---jiwugiwilod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b9bv81anouola.com/upload/file/202109141812402566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/81321802733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef50d1b9ba---54736911753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378d23db550---noguzukijupawebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/15188623087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjqyms.com/filespath/files/20210904023528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuinvandecruys.be/file/wugulotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/37314944779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/20616568470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maduxajeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/30869216854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffae76732c---59659241713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1ent.com/userfiles/file/20210912062240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64302073396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67fceb5a15f420c24d51b373cb438a7f/30180527937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.com/userfiles/files/ruzaxulogefononuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/38252926029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d9169f437---jukuranawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/dekuxolurekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142514471586---27163499259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134aab683ed3---vajumefatadoditeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65a3c87c22d0d9ff8e1000aad08cce52/55910468773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/bolego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/fanidotowodosipevoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/9826357873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+chrome+clear+historyPDF 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_off0000f02a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF02A 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 17541e566c6a3c1cc07467ef9e0c385a473962d510afbd14dda6ff684b0dde44
font_01_sfnt_off00010890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10890 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A2 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 32df6df4db439b7c5cd310a7b4ff89694b058676e7bcecadc955dff04f22290a