Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd32391ccfcaaaa5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

178.3 KB Created: 2021-08-05 01:52:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: de4addac9357389d25db9b8467321ed5 SHA-1: 543c2f10d512cff948e2b59073681a18ec07287b SHA-256: dd32391ccfcaaaa51d84537b377425b536143e15bcc7682579fd6f2834e8653a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into clicking these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=como+ser+un+macho+alfa+libro+completo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/1276871678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hocaukhudothithanhphogiaoluu.com/asset/site/files/suxajoxijejevojutuzetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hippocratio.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96862616836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/49003134639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vq01eklagbl8kc56i8ccnqkb5/tefilozufux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/zixapivizapekovobimivuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c46738829---47177286547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/resukoveze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610106a4d0115---talaregax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/tafezotiduwuzumefujotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f8a3e48b6---55685625878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb2546b7268---43670832171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/1590772545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf730533c01039a29d49979b303a737d/legawaduzazubapojuwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab814950ea---19042746751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11bfe889ad23fd9113f59083ed5a55c9/99931117905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833fe920a43---40188890137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084082c063c8---84271471708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/wevomaxexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df124e2a33d---witapomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/96840528194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/80410558136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf93095b29---mojodetuvipodamuduwov.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_off0002554d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2554D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00026d64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26D64 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 5428c867dc8a0bca0184fff04f57c10d2a6a5b5a99adadae86a9d41211ba3997
font_02_sfnt_off00028700.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x28700 19392 bytes
SHA-256: da320d0bdd4176ea447ba8fd21192706bafc7147dabc56ba0c9c6640b635ba31