Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd3206033ffa5068…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:54:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 74623d6a390c81477516d752a2f1b83d SHA-1: 9071766892ba3b26b9fa539a86a74ae750482adb SHA-256: dd3206033ffa5068c319a080d15991756c1fef91e832efa2d58109e2c8e569a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many of which point to external websites. Several heuristics indicate that these links are part of a link farm, with some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hd6p259m7s5iu8detkohdidjom/meluvuwubafowufovitetor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/jimupuzobotone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iktoktatas.hu/files/file/xubasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fidexinawifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salpasafarit.fi/tiedostot/files/41848758462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/27876929646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/temukugogukavumifepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaf7a4a1414d5c9c6118fd441595a312/wipagerakusizebato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jogforbigt.com/clients/6/61/61f7a61d17da296148a50ccd59c4a139/File/3724838401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3c73b8566---83867844426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bussmann-tiefbau.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolegupokibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siembra.me/uploads/files/6709406295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-forum.cn/upload/files/13267283761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a37a7d9c0308e2e01b7670c531541e89/90791532957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6663b31a4b45cd3475b4b79045e12524/26576816382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/88431687804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrnchina.com/test/images/ckfinder/files/tidewilibogalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f321f7dee5c0a4d34d60bc4c11923ad/kupilefotixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/fijujawaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/64460095354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paletydozahrady.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winisifipikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc1215ee2c---nozalenusukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/pinejabofuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8njlp6pvgk65u5075c5923fdjn/fixetude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chia4kids.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63358592824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/62797809572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/1774844753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=canada+visa+form+pdfPDF 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_off0000fba1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA1 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 833f7f673ef03c1fb15a85b2a102777d3bb8c518cd0a403860cdce52e815c9c0
font_01_sfnt_off00012940.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12940 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 8db3b85e5d902c27aa370824d200f4dc999e927b6f02adffb1c5243cb2499523
font_02_sfnt_off0001410a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1410A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1