Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd32d97345257d44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 21:00:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0cfe866c669a7ec41ae1be69404dd13b SHA-1: c5452834103081e5a945101ca4005d3a73f2b018 SHA-256: dd32d97345257d443cf27c0623cac41161f1be5c3d59d94e0461733615271d79
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites that host further malicious PDF files. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to distribute malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9371

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=come+and+down PDF link annotation
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c09d9b4132---22731840801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c0f10c661---77092064890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba404edf70b---30241107776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608363adc5531---vekusujakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79a9f713dc2ced14a161febef53d229c/worozifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35162128134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/33447879512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089dbb52fead---gurobaluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077108dd71e8---lapawore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/woronupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/zakewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/76426441059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rjg56p77d13aqjv44qriis984/53391388221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/bufege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfac91c40c89e324a5ea61703caceaf8/pubegegeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz/uploads/70177676324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/befasakodojogegurogozuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/pasupugujimapipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01de6c58fa43a9773c07038860f0073d/75608585084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210629205144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f139c1b16---vuxokenivosokew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/30569043321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64d0f16d96b7cfda5193ad4a5b7b43c9/25851803410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1a7a07107---jujimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e775ff39c3---70706130531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh43sac8pu5478urfg0uovqmgf/wuzazotokefava.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED6E 17600 bytes
SHA-256: 34bdf318c0f1f56f2e44fa7e325f37f005fa5c855ffcacaeff3bec5e7cfb6454
font_01_sfnt_off00010883.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10883 10024 bytes
SHA-256: 382ad7a5c52312a6802fee38b4d569947a95e09e6b76a1da62187feb38fac050
font_02_sfnt_off00011ec2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC2 18944 bytes
SHA-256: 542e29865287673f02f52d03c6ce2743d40c7a3437c18488782f63c5814074f8
font_03_sfnt_off00014f55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_04_sfnt_off00016762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16762 7116 bytes
SHA-256: 2953b7451cca2cb4ca139d94492f6cb559b826014b6e91a5a5b38bba653afacd