Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd7df3d14d15242b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 07:12:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2ad2056f401628c917504d1a27db41f7 SHA-1: 74accbb2a9c747aa3fde7a7f2725978600cf4bf5 SHA-256: dd7df3d14d15242b75df9a60fb647b9d6e57f0809b989eec895dde666a2e12f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the link farm structure strongly indicate an intent to download and execute further payloads or redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerit.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/bomexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5319d1237---58051415376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/7317621932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaputlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/77814046736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wimotixizinufefuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tatosufafagavitosexikoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/21857977377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://predial-rua-nova.pt/056-CovadaLua/images-editor/file/vibizajapelidama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/pojojurovosoxuxewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///wetozefemigafako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/90852921382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d312a06026fd94eb8e3d8c2a35e65abe/44717774732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daejonggyoyc.com/userfiles/file/20210913092910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteyuri2.com/userfiles/file/samojododunujeluka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/24225726354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210913023248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd38a634df---xozuvopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137cf4c7bf99---10083544464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/gawivafudalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-isc.com/userfiles/file/61700429779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c990bc57f4---daliviwezaxuzegufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/75601033249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iktsbfgcs2jhome1e74i8h6qv5/videxoxudevonedutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxy-training.com/userfiles/file/xaribepobofamovibopulilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=pes+2014+apk+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000c73b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC73B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF52 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 1ddfb46a221ce311f0bffa7ba2df5f98a63348d49566f157860cbef2e4cb492c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F4 19288 bytes
SHA-256: b6a83c34281bf7e2ec8f7252f0ca09766c100049ad389b29917a05d54c934148