Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd3890d1acdddb77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.2 KB Created: 2021-08-30 08:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 537b0e491f3341437906f9cf97bf54c7 SHA-1: 3473e3c754196bb5b99601790830968053ddc026 SHA-256: dd3890d1acdddb77e3b56caa1a2360e94bcea8d353c869d5236717bffe1e9011
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=end+of+the+whig+party PDF link annotation
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6mrjqccn595ck9ntmhb5o8bsl/21305241026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a8080b3b7---divatujanijojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a2ea3aaa086445f1b1000b2c0367d43/17447615322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/935f7f26bd1b818423d9f2f9f3e35439/veparujodasixuwomimenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f74c1d2c8775637fc22a5acd9078a022/vipunopadigidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba49177a05---19051682001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xekib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/92151036918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1cee75d17c---65943263155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb2f06fb5e---tomudolepodenev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joelcsimonesq.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/97607031816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f1c93c984---loliveperekowibulumeweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbikhachsanvinhhung1.com/upload/files/jabizojuvabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65952276999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/26753234052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e69f8c8d001---34716493063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac25fd8fc5d---42281743359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/xitafezetudovuwuboxavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/94593729757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160959e6a34770---bijuruwuxowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6g2v2jbb7nc00t6oc8c0mlg7n6/fatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/slqed00j4oiovl5mrfcpkaerl7/54834229712.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_off00016c24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00018436.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18436 18900 bytes
SHA-256: a8923b7f5756d72f62f9e00f657bcc336da611799cec1d891481b726fef4a5a8
font_02_sfnt_off0001b5bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B5BC 10744 bytes
SHA-256: aaa9f557c8d59e58bcbf3d43587fff2db23f9326a277810f1181a23c5032587b