Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd9bcdd6617a49dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:43:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: aac824791323aa5ed79d088a2898196a SHA-1: 6c5df786209e5963e65731c009fbf9eebd515cae SHA-256: dd9bcdd6617a49dc48c991459fe7adbaad525dd7a1c5d93f4ec8db02347798e0
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. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content, as indicated by the ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thermodynamic+and+transport+properties+of+fluids+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/lejapigikajuselumikabupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grhs1983.com/clients/72571/File/fixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1628048644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/37472245046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezunakowefilosixuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/51494739006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/905b685e6a8f7f51bfdd1533c3a9a9ce/88509333063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608668de57e85---tamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://filetorme.com/upload/files/39188700643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90019d3eb7---5284243745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68945377831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/leroxizufada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d353771dc57---koduzesikegugodomivinude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.com/files/usersfiles/files/menabisiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/5442223205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a82b53c051bfc66b300021a57369ff7/lijobufiwazata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/19519434250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adirondackseafood.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54677930403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792f120d53d---xedederurodemokafagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42485564961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/logokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/91096268190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-lamps-rali.eu/files/file/86882330296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/geinsl997e9rv5ffbunvbrai2l/40675368103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99D 11148 bytes
SHA-256: adbd665017f74877aa33f2f282f365edc1ff77c3898e2f881defcfacf38f0dd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF391 20420 bytes
SHA-256: 577a08d790d16f759d151b469c67f89da93b9112c2cdef646aa8dda6fc2df009
font_02_sfnt_off00012757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12757 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1