Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd65174b3ce82a6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 14:08:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 00a64f347da4fcfa69c5eba0b9f9dcff SHA-1: 3fabe377a0b012ba55f6f26cc7e842d51521a3e9 SHA-256: dd65174b3ce82a6bd43a7c68e7c99d9e0f12c22b506560908e66f2564be7951b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF used as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/964b149f1e301a1f40fef052ded039ed/32151460418.pdf
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/20216171846454069.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c976b9a9e72---33067946833.pdf
    • https://dolcezzecaffe.it/file/velipuguvaramexadamupojo.pdf
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/69696979684.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/defcd93291647c79d72f67064d588d50/xarumutafetonofitunu.pdf
    • https://gamepinleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jifenot.pdf
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/topum.pdf
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71f945530dbd0362ce09ad3418926b20/74313861152.pdf
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085b4fd7abc03b09cad33daefb0d06fe/42814078500.pdf
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1e69cc4cecfa903846bf41a9e2f3a8c/wugimamogopeduvomum.pdf
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/tanumukelozu.pdf
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/22061944332.pdf
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/56412911560dbf887536db.pdf
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/zumumufa.pdf
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afe2be3280---44534381576.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e21f59a0d0---wexina.pdf
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/66644028278.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d74a08a400662f2f05b022935a5b707/11979060091.pdf
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608838f98fb23---xesenevisume.pdf
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cac53491778733caac5f3e88eb04927/89795973389.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0032ab4a1---90320747480.pdf
    • http://munsusa.org/userfiles/file/20210526192151.pdf
    • http://prosquash.by/data/21868961827.pdf
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-6/file/90247325507.pdf
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a341ba85049---ferafavatonu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=25+teacher+interview+questions+and+answers
    • 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_off00010afb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AFB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012312.bin
48e4f8f10d499a36c6ef775160994a7880b7a275fc69345376b6c81a4c1038e6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12312 10976 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c6e.bin
aa821a3da4a716954fca90f4dcc473d1404a030ac9ab9a5c2a2e3943b4418e6e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C6E 17636 bytes