Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd7e389cb7a899ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:18:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e8401aa296d7307e989b8da2d21d895b SHA-1: 0b5ff75a0f806c86bd0ca6eb85a35370362d003e SHA-256: dd7e389cb7a899ce54497f959b60e879c7f3073569caee87cc9d0becaf561901
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and disposable hosting, often using UTM parameters to disguise the true destination. The presence of multiple external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+pocket+edition+free+download+iphone
    • https://tapetcenter.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xowotavisokunodabiwal.pdf
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/jotikalex.pdf
    • http://aqcorth.specialty-match.com/upload/files/52255574234.pdf
    • https://sindhuinvestment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fugerixatixisubagufopemus.pdf
    • https://ofly.om-digitalsolutions.cn/upload/files/mifopudoz.pdf
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tirek.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614289ede8f2d---67646021226.pdf
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98140922025.pdf
    • http://geonatlife.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15372050875.pdf
    • https://penmypoem.com/new/admin/uploadfiles/file/64313741303.pdf
    • http://flapboxes.com/userfiles/files/35676215132.pdf
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/poxerawuvofapi.pdf
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/voloxebigutaxalejojiz.pdf
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenomapaxapejuse.pdf
    • http://tacchigroup.com/public/thread/risorse/file/soxejajolafefit.pdf
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ae6d90f6d---fakewusikafawulu.pdf
    • http://konditsionery-zheleznodorozhnyi.ru/upload_picture/file/livase.pdf
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/samewagurowewe.pdf
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/21365388795.pdf
    • https://www.jdconstinc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47205331194.pdf
    • https://atasuorganiktarim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/galotoberogutavukujeda.pdf
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/xogozaminoz.pdf
    • https://ximatinhdongnai.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/14768473815.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f7b2f73ef6---sobekizoxevimuxofad.pdf
    • https://thuanxuongmonmb.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/lobevadur.pdf
    • 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_off0000bf5a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF5A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d771.bin
2a2e242f44570586a8a724756f342724f6e3acd946e9d38451a2e6299ef3daa3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD771 10720 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f009.bin
bedded9b28819c3bf443a46ae25afa4f998a09fd3a2af5294b65c24d72ac183e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF009 17380 bytes