Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd1e9868b8b04381…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-31 07:49:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d111c293ee824ba523729efc5cc7b6de SHA-1: d75de510a4451d343bf9e45ed88026467d71fad8 SHA-256: dd1e9868b8b04381d1c5c8ab07a264a65a435f3338c91e5136be6fad88613c45
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to download a second-stage payload or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 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 http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/viguduletogosaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9f5f55b5bc46986ceca6c34ed516fa7/viwedefisezuzid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefavobelonomomafatigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b669d977984---4553126696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a5a0d3b83---dexenebezedunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ea389cb31cdeac5a0633ffc4095bd41/wiforop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7cddf0002---87858833837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/20113010300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mundolibre.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/balesenowuvisopaxini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rmgoals.com/userfiles/files/91337076865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dwitunggaljaya.com/sitefiles/file/87888777883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1993a82720c93c1f221c54f6e4fa0ae4/28394064612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/65717863891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6t9bnh1iqn57ur0tgcd07p8192/26135433907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/tijetoxaguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oakgroveschoolheritage.com/clients/b/bc/bc5c94904a1f00f1300372e6f875146f/File/gitutupagapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e94b2e0175a---dimaxuloziwuvobejusevake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f689f15a98---27825166350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909dd87cdb3---suximeduvukufene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/63369518290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/16401183060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukikalosotuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa878599a500e1dc702ff435dc5093fa/bexatewivowurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=funny+cod+picturesPDF 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_off0000e2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fab2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB2 18132 bytes
SHA-256: 9bae330849bede4557098733379d6f41d225bbba0d0b7ef5f74a2d0a5eada13a
font_02_sfnt_off00012a1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A1A 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 6e5ed0fa47b414b6680dae44c7c09e7ec7d22a119dbb6641c90b5ba7d89f2fbd