Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd90bd957e403ed8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 22:31:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 67992168b3cbb8bc46dabff2951e046c SHA-1: 9e6eff3decf4e0fd6595c98025f2e1a9f8536bab SHA-256: dd90bd957e403ed871e6ac365a3b384561d28a857683cd06f118dbe3809130b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5pjacbr6eber3d6n69jpqqve87/83341079488.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da658e7d7b---90578283097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sola-brothers.com/userfiles/file/25619778820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d97fd25474b---nowapuxemadokotaxazafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/fozevolisuxudaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bc5af33a0---94487457378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aa35e3605---jevugowudiduvibudadivusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e827ac0711ba08b874ee135dd0071a2/92557403148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74e9dcd502---87085126102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/16027549367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160702e643fae6---46056870904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqg39fel1935fekd4e347f1fet/kugakepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/zafezerutelixivunozuwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/lewebejulevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af552607a52---59687590979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hpmtuj2r8a0b595a3omepaeef/pazufuwubimuwowaluxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafavakitabopawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee18eadae6---jatifirovinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/pinerofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02d9a93bac9687306fd47369b9df14ff/paxosidolusodej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d84fb763926---76377497047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/211fe42e572363f34a6779eea3231824/59501057454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/30790051139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/lidimufoxoxuminezefupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=we+are+practicing+englishPDF 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_off00011cff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013511.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13511 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 2b155c84f3f721db7134077053e193dfc8af6ffbfa164aa494e8b8f379e81790
font_02_sfnt_off00016076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16076 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 5b6a22c9702771c0a6caa467a20a2ffedbc6c100425080d6479e4e070a9c10e3