Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd6d8cd8b20a63bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-27 12:46:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 922dd242dc781927e88b902af785c692 SHA-1: cb7850854ea15166124e0b1d40e418f118a19b3a SHA-256: dd6d8cd8b20a63bb35320956777699e0428cd530574d6d5caf341bda125fa5f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for distributing malware or phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31274cd57b---54943605763.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114c6dbef461---jopagibiwesezevixuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nagsa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17012705876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5e7ecad12---rokunabupubasokofujunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fid-data.fr/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/puzoziwadudutiziribebij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivebistro.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/subasezofokemogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/nuxaliwurezunatiture.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/70074712796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebcom.in/userfiles/file/81668812622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/635c805ec2fa185db95100f54edaa889/tigixatedaxuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/zutetafawigofaviwizif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zubrcup.by/files/files/nijevazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tomaredobiwutasobebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16053bf8a9---maguzujodaxowudepebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/vafafazosotumem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d377c400b3f3eeade93e0652db807db3/5027316542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/punibaxejivumogame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/65110258071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b58b3a26c0551bbebd72c3a8a783e15/zezofofexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourhkg.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/webaguleka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12972cb08ffc0834cbd8eff88b73a128/86276356517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bce27b6b48---kaxutedateterevufirewelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608043213a1e0---5384249372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braghieriarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/4759816532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/gofubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheiden-maassluis.nl/uploads//file/27840743173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=molecular+geometry+for+h2sPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000df63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF775 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 8d2e22861c5630aa602712d0aca9892f48af3a007bf21169f7e65f9f0e3a16ac
font_02_sfnt_off000127fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127FB 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 6a6b81ee6ec971530175dd3913165fd94d27ad22edfc96ba30ef37c2db9671cc