Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd48d7c9768363cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-10-04 11:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 7a32c77013d9ca775fd18cc074a07ce3 SHA-1: 35ee08449f5bc44d8fec036fda1a28de58b802db SHA-256: dd48d7c9768363cc579b06de3fec9e04eea0bc8e9b9237d17a431ed746250d1f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate structure to host many links, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=native+born+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://igk-lilienthal.de/downloads/juvewavewazodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/74348048607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/211004115400749088op4oenn8hgcu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/86848260628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/munedododaxinizitijuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/magikuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incense888.com/uploads/files/202109140755201613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skalamatbaa.com/userfiles/file/25187348235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/fovumixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/zuwalokisopikonipufiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/naxafitadetiburedixuxiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/sebajakolixikokijekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f51c626d8a---18588093610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsjsbzrw.com/uploads/files/rasejusopajewobano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaustabilo.com/contents/files/48314138901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venusnvs.com/userfiles/file/1367906005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susutour.com/userfile/file/52172982162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnhappiness.com/d/files/ruwavujoledopidonesimuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hklh.vip/data/attachment/file/74085401255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sana-anong.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/xilodivitowulezalenisudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/fukafara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikaxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c82b3d808c---67432374742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36672475870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah8qk9rros2lgm41ihdke62ji4/merejasiwizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aalatour.com/basefile/b2caalatourcom/files/57885534750.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_off0000dd31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD31 22132 bytes
SHA-256: 352e3b77ca0e7e529b15f8ecdb7ced6c3358e49a7dce39d1af759c4d351da90d
font_01_sfnt_off00011680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11680 10420 bytes
SHA-256: fc6a794ac29861552c1d0bd3cf6964db0a62805769aee2e91f2c5e85b4522947
font_02_sfnt_off00012e23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1