Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd7ae5042de07a5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:42:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f7aefcb8f4edfa4a22aa946fcaf0d152 SHA-1: 51e14ab9678ec5fe3e50141ed27c966a0ac0fa15 SHA-256: dd7ae5042de07a5d16b265cb32973a6ad8c81215e1d356b6ad0012585d5d19b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests a phishing or malware delivery vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9834

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iterative+inorder+traversal+without+stack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0f1371472---lugikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8q0899jh4befr68484bmdi7b76/pibiseremefuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/633e33df31a1b9ea5d6a8b0e87ddce29/mizelidemarizojuranel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18f4683dd0---56963424447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2be252bd5a07dc3cd66663d1da3f197/89375265138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55a53dd21a1fe827c5ecd55515343590/50212253189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd75f60dfc---liroson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/demipazodujukunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8710ec8d9d---53690407666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cde0a0d032---minatatigevaweluvusonad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khanaphatgroup.com/UserFiles/file/43651544029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83dfe2e006---duwelexirogugefoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/19422371966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870b6d4a90f---xaravebaxijafewikupome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/86970208885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/52378786296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/didodenurafikudeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34506b97bd874159c4dcce36af78f5f5/suxixoxogojugubexufoxoxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a3d172370---voxemekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9bc1a7387---pafaxetofatuzofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd390692df---valigulaninimudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geraldkleinlaw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laxato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/robugafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3fc60122d---53922009809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f24d91dab---52477596664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7c58827e9a1197ebc5e19bb74ce5442/25152586056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fm46esrsh7sanuncstn65tdnmh/manolemokiri.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_off0000e322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE322 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB39 10760 bytes
SHA-256: a4d01f9f9db47ec4a230ad7023827cc5096ca635a9f47ff634f3b8002bef505a
font_02_sfnt_off000113f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F7 17648 bytes
SHA-256: 5cb5de63bfb2e12b867c5539288c10c33530a834d93e6af8fee5518e6b053c13