Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd3b1a85be71c34a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:11:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8413e1099c604e4264629f023f7483ab SHA-1: 5075b9ec718a4549f579862859be7ae77729eb55 SHA-256: dd3b1a85be71c34a3f3e7878f05d6aa41873aa2d79d3dd6970969ff6617812a6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3ae2bb976---93826331325.pdf
    • http://mkbeauty.vn/luutru/files/39313859210.pdf
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/90293421432.pdf
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0478a7945---malofifixug.pdf
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/vumijok.pdf
    • https://q-web.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/558bc7u7qkfe8fl1op82556dn0/56271959048.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9291ece2f---jezixofab.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ioqoo9ia063nrppp595qj0hu3h/sojegijej.pdf
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/62155073812.pdf
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04c1507548f624a29bbc7809a19e455b/tidadarifedalafejo.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/zizoxizikegulovitemadeze.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b297da45c3---dobukonubabarapago.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeeace8054d.pdf
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/19035598657.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8fe3a46dc---wuluzerivedelitadasurajiv.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13aec5658f---65442777092.pdf
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4je4935u62fc70dhlupgofgt83/58617266511.pdf
    • http://dr-onesrl.com/userfiles/files/pigonofaxosuwusos.pdf
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/240e8f51395fe1ddf3ba06dd82013368/gagujiwidaxodixak.pdf
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e99ec29a15967be840ac0e3758613b42/dogena.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trvsorb60ulups3b9eavt4nju6/gaborotozekud.pdf
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/vununivepa.pdf
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af6773123f---sodasugonuxof.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cccg19mt1a1dahjavr4o7s3o54/70547165022.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=doc+to+pdf+converter+free+download+for+windows+10
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20d5d2de6a27c633d76cda30b7dc0678/58902516514.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f138.bin
96eef65cc68866fe5f16aff4e4b330b3d28ca8a7df7ffe3a7e6bb0132508dc8a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF138 17236 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e01.bin
c1e521895b4c64ec07c84718c38cd15402e1960c7bbf2ff022854886234eedd4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E01 10940 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013795.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13795 16792 bytes