Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd3875a9d4d5646e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-30 00:02:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0b4ef1035df8d75cfa109e83f307ec3d SHA-1: 6d3f5f964b5331a1e589f196f581770021c57d7a SHA-256: dd3875a9d4d5646e87ad062fbabb543e044d255a8078986bcc6605ece252d3e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chundadi+jaipur+ki+song+download+mp4+pagalworld PDF link annotation
    • https://fairtradeportal.pl/userfiles/file/26184251579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47893751041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161003755d6d8d---54589149640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/lagawewawojipoxolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4b47a9172---godepokuvifusamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/befeniwagesagemusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/solemisiwadob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fb53617a43eca84bc8e722d6a772d0b/nevidinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/291917b5ba6e36eb61e6c91656672f7c/91454955029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d16e6df706---wonet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hosotte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16408198513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30acerjd48h91fjair8vudf9oe/68966574986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/98197421060aa0c37d3b69.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca49c30bff---ruvupofenimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/vabenosofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/95973079258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c640f991ca0---ranum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kededexelixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/42371139372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hifi-markt.eu/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulelofosokokimowamugaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06e9c8ab24---galanidirabuxolexarerow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/53306886131.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_off0000e9bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BC 17508 bytes
SHA-256: e58a50e0327c3ffc1368a93d8d633861b7685ee5f12ca202a95b6fb14b2e19c6
font_01_sfnt_off000117eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13002 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 5f205a6c692049303c038468484b438e1f5f4121ccad2a52a23577eba252532d