Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd6f009e8cd8d8ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:09:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8518b23e4e4d3efe946ae1f20a88f380 SHA-1: 62d3dcf2088547b7403364f5859ad0eb7bc3dede SHA-256: dd6f009e8cd8d8ca84643711ac68abea26be3fbf8f57e467f3ed6ce4c309b53b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

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 http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834025ecb4c---6153205173.pdf
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd3f6366c3eaffbde213b9db27968e5a/48785779791.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ccb1e9728b4481dd6377208b3d92ffe/pakodixo.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a2759320a---17048024833.pdf
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14o7o8r2ae4le23kt7b0lhade7/25660881688.pdf
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c56b860482098f19c398a631333300d0/94478042120.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/53919325765.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098600aac652---8806106708.pdf
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/vumuselavibu.pdf
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a7d51910b---fuloruxawigukofozirezu.pdf
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/midadox.pdf
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd7voroljogfeqq0jf08v807a5/42043142099.pdf
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/bisugunuzovaxoxumubu.pdf
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/99720948313.pdf
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f27u4e3s4bjavqfd8hns8e8o04/jawurenubexifaxerit.pdf
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a60ea0625---17333871153.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecacb187ae---waduxazukinos.pdf
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/jefatilaje.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8de1elcjkbutef7361ehoes77/16669047328.pdf
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b928f87578e---64303311978.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a01be12253---loneladapeliviwebafawugul.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a79d6aa9f---5232358777.pdf
    • https://fwullong.com/upfiles/editor/files/64484533889.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04200f2141---gipatotonaresabaraluf.pdf
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824bde502b2---vafenumugexaganifedi.pdf
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a613aadae---41421027978.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=love+puzzle+images+with+answer
    • 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_off0000e8b4.bin
924b3c442b9c8494408c1c3f3cb0d4e5de3eefd76b71b8d7a6652156e92f5b23
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B4 10968 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001020c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1020C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a1e.bin
12160381ebc03ce619a8efffc9826b90f6f7a7b8bf840bb98c390e727f375306
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1E 17568 bytes