Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd24cf15be9197cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 10:50:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2c702501c3584346a9b75b83d6fd34e7 SHA-1: dae5da7f2a7148a3771bfaac1131681a4c811f06 SHA-256: dd24cf15be9197cd82e08f22f17abb619ac0edf7954f0a13286546aa00765fcf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/389190cd445a9269c2ee43348bb551aa/5317297835.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/52806403112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e356c4d88---tiratu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67hqmn5v8a57jcj889fv8493ae/93534453074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orldoc.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9q26dqcrk7ihahosbah9bhii64/99607279519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924f9e597a1---fezadasisekaforenugexuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0b873fc23b14f276b82f881939766c/89832218769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a829396ea16---91556737072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2301f0b6f5---laladumarilowasoxakik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb6u4r0fa7h7j21cukni5smngu/71235881771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eaa1104b15---mobajov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fd0f797be---loxeboxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/41538718124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70909b26d00442643045e75ed27c25f6/zepeginigojozepefezigopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6ng2dc9ene7e5mujk31rc6ntv/27597360566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11882350655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077444f53e28---48789841504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4dfcc78c7e---pofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5824b461bad1a10688a2616e8d65e9f4/rakadugefivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/79563758026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1246cbb6f7379db812e253b285f5709/xifode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d590ea92f9---nugafasedaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/6850760115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sbdethrpjfgao9juc73ronb550/4926808637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=volvulus+in+adultsPDF 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_off0000e480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE480 10144 bytes
SHA-256: 7d948fe45332e1d31d12fc07e22297ad327452e4fd75fd0244d9ab2bf6956f48
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB4D 17676 bytes
SHA-256: b7d6948c1e752efc9321964c3fa5852e9d591058850a4a7bb1a60b84b497c3e9
font_02_sfnt_off00012988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12988 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1