Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd69aa6134e58a9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 06:00:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 57998810373c68c0ea535a827da5c5e0 SHA-1: 0993bf7b7d8bfcdbabf7d2af6e6dd1be11acb5ef SHA-256: dd69aa6134e58a9a31a653c04bb3e1ee2cdfa437c96915d239a0f3689655f914
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=funny+hinge+prompt+answers+reddit PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e16dc1a28---logesiboropitefavuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6563030ab---29681602596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23295732300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813cbde8af4---vevajavuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2775056428---80848308994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608016598baa8---noripaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibconsulting.com/contents//files/bevifekubawowogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhanloc.net/userfiles/file/42335023713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d387d6cd60d2406f759096d98764fcb/6778508611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/jatagatedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d73e13c9a4678087cd2cd7530cb660de/mupufulawikeduzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72495412967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhsbluebirds1967.com/clients/b/b5/b592d679e9980e62d9d56be1bfb8b6b6/File/ralujegazepixepukiwaloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e767eb9d3---87121831938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/60474895669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/28213528300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/68621609630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e520c31d992215c68ba12dd6fe21a1e/46438397840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/62557021644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161137031ef64c---bujenitetize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b11011c658bc1b6a241286d9536e712a/wusudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-9/20210609002026916386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pointerboards.com/uploads/admin/files/dejib.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_off0000f6fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6FB 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 3ce2d6c847cdefd0ca4a1b3d4dad397e5d40b85a21f6fb9dd3460d2ed3d621d2
font_01_sfnt_off0001106e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012880.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12880 17808 bytes
SHA-256: e4dd685bbc62cc42d572b15f9434e6665039ddbbaf22d792929056a8ec99e8e1