Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd3272ca04212309…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:48:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 11b6d791e324e94ff7a85373496b25b3 SHA-1: 71f9e7352eb7fbac3bc5bdc4e9ed32deaa8e4c18 SHA-256: dd3272ca042123098145ea7d435fd67af4261b31f25e24c993e0b18ed5335ef0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely to host phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a3f314f22---sonevawezexojuvaxowip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9652a2f3bc9fb532dfa87e0ac32ecc2/loxedalutubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/31753896735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99a9141513c07e20c3559e23baffc936/34923091612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4e36fa63b800a948740926dd5c92a34/pewiruworina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eb4f7c5df82f5b6aae9fb5ddd18d824/58123114050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arendic.cl/files/wuniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scottsdalehighbeavers1978.com/clients/80197/File/futimubebivojukiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/16784021398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202108131721596988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/naxodasawofufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9msc2oe9916r5hndf251rjbgcq/kagurebufegafinivovivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609075eedf5b0---lumewuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44d37a4704d35974b07eeefc3aef645/90705249877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candleelectricals.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/50659137262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/pevegorudazife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/68168496974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.provinces.cmcgeneralate.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630606065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/99499325379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbefa2893711badd99e267570d8e0cdf/41347046234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3f147fbd4---pofifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=disacaridos+y+polisacaridos+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_off0000daf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF9 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 05c8b2e2758e5fdb41179d03855f394f508bf36e7b71d26710c6048e631d774d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f296.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF296 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010aa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA8 20596 bytes
SHA-256: d7c9acaa3f92258c1671de791e400f6d2a9dd6c1393ea25f076a63642707b73d