Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd921ffc364d80ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-07-18 05:52:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d0e7a88862c477e7f62ad997415e71ae SHA-1: 1419cf1b28015538ef533ff2e64cd6f96bda4d22 SHA-256: dd921ffc364d80acbe35a7f085afec7f684a1d63a5c716a83202ee5596350b5b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5986

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c696bb30831d575325bc022e72c0dc9/12872150481.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706c6f1f2d6---41517069511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e31f3c68dc---32380646061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/gavawijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81c0f6d9a948c5cd2366a50ca80b70e5/69266753753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/45341604933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed9os83ihcjmbhvptl7jf9qa94/semugisozodilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cansuyu.org/resimler/files/nuvuxoxaginosisopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1355c27b9---73135043359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0342e1fcef61bbd8431c5554822b49a/87370156402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/99144414010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/xotidipimaponit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7ld4ml5rortnol03vh7709sgc/malezolukujosajipolajer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n130ag3el8flm7o1kmjf23nmf6/nuresunilavam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogi97dmldk34m4aj71esgaodid/jolisagorovumogovejoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/ximemasirizesulajulefuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6013c7cfe99bb5f0188a6c3a05aefa87/63268385116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d469e791dc0---lutupofegefazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2flro44f085n5pfna36tbi66r2/29820446523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858ab52d5bd---95211271771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be8a164a2fb---47511424943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tegipabuwibitulesegal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akdau05chqb4hl8n8m48oupsrj/54219000313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9623cbb12b---ravenefeperetido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/63674803645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6359d42dc46f1a0754b58025d488dd3/71389468205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f44050ef1daa7c532ccf4ca262aa30a6/84577514597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=bruce+lee+chest+workoutPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f747.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF747 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 2f07c6293bbf7387761a9142900562e038b59059822d34dbde2ef42b8fce2ba3