Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd7547c827c2cc5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

127.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:06:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 90fe2610507da7f75504b695e96bef51 SHA-1: bfb7da21d926f35249b0aaa058bbdcd2ee3e5ec3 SHA-256: dd7547c827c2cc5e74a2118c36bba5da7809ca628493db328d7e7d0aa8289797
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://datxeninhbinh.com/data/dulieu/files/rubumolubuzokefali.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fafb018198c---tofewijinelepadifowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607095427c69a---fumud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e557bc54d4---46219457411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtestbd.com/assets/uploads/files/11863356009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-19/20210519232533196808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b5d1b3ce72---33554861234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/409pjgrmjui0bhsjtti5o6ser4/19905848264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/co1ohq29ut1ua2lvk3h3fk2bfi/27468205037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/794af719ab9f1390a5e2f77c8746d99d/tumiwizititesosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gesirixibolikuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090fec3d39cc---42530633098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b621e436732---64038322213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/54266048242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89b806fab1---xudekofedowetibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b9a02f5f0a76ce9ed954b96f83072c8/gavimuxegawitekuleralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rintrans.com/files/baminanopujuxiwozuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a638a2132---sovetuwelemere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f54f2d957---rajakezexonimerizosimerep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/75910029203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/818952886cb2547e082284e1cf9a9670/migudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/82741837653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=relativistic+quantum+mechanics+bjorken+drell+pdfPDF 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_off000185cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x185CB 19988 bytes
SHA-256: d4be752aa060ea9c61a0eb61d5a04f90c54d1f8e06a998277061cdc2c1f80255
font_01_sfnt_off0001bb2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BB2A 11604 bytes
SHA-256: 55b9f0694faa4cf5a9585d784537646d2f877b40ef8483067a7335f5036e255e
font_02_sfnt_off0001d61a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D61A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1