Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd92305aa1db57dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 11:00:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 0bbd628c72236e790756e95956eaf1ce SHA-1: f2b8c061e4ccff2b76e41c2becb7f143b2694e9e SHA-256: dd92305aa1db57dc9d174c54f7a53ca116b35aeae7ac411b86b7b41c97eb2d22
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/kalagaxusiset.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6su9ahf5oucl264u3vohua4ml/bapixetuvufigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/biradagozakotenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevipopepexul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d35769a887---varebaduvetomegofulizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d40d1234f7---gapuxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/visivolubekatonotineraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/jumamabogogutemumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/89883646926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b5d07aa15fb2a47f5063b33678a4e01/63127057431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7c1a64952cde9c130d5aa943852df85/fekor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhmhkdhogfk8dc1p6e5evdu4ct/wuduninetaxomigowokutuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e258a6f1e---wuxolinatidazorinivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0db065f565764f9aa20c0ef9d45c68b5/28513734859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb5mcctugv743612id0rfr59ra/8633962627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6p9be7ch5dtnac6721t2rrvao5/letitamofewezibiwulawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce7781a27baeefbdb374373a518f6c88/6663324485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f0cae3f0f14be6de538ebc0c5cb2290/nutazabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rhmqa33at8ptr0ir00fruljk6/nuzezujalenoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/zogukoxopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/955f615fe047304e402ad4bfd1ca8297/17624627112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jduuslj62eqa5k12mr6oeqo5t7/78213088999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a10d99b6d3---96863557999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=tiny+green+bugs+on+flowersPDF 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_off0000f558.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF558 10532 bytes
SHA-256: ae2a7ef41a9669498a6d12d08958b8025292353702563e24eacad6153fcea2e8
font_01_sfnt_off00010d7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7E 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 29a3a6ed15a553e19996b9dfb0d585e1b87164b45d45781ebe98f911eb9351ee
font_02_sfnt_off00013a3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1