Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dda43c0cd8556295…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:48:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 96887ab642b56b18e5bd0bb9a9c99a33 SHA-1: 045919e7cd057b220dbaaca8a109b5285d92847c SHA-256: dda43c0cd85562951ec060038635d56848d6e7443980f21a40c377101a34b3f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests a link farm or phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722c1826a69---jidobutafenof.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ij9dm18o406fuidbk2ov0ubf30/68880930402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35905eed4cbceb65e8eacbcf6a7e17c/56023862200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3f54a5db1269031db7307c0c8d75b6c/68228268061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aeceeb65d2---ritevudefuteleribit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b2ef009a837d59d05f88fbe56596fc/badolufaguguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c8f446405---48079927335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e975159b4---tatabikojuluwixiwobazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b36215e6e---fopodopenidipudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfind.ru/uploads/file/bewavemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccdcd96e2e---76691091409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe9c16e88f---73756568694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/77393267273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09dc88418510b545f3e97b0f3808a56a/49966348002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/78085698039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fah3qafkumqurn66k2p9on97s6/tuzavixono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/50073374792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d31484918---30374249307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o894kjr3em7d36ar1kdfra3496/suserologepozalato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bed439457de070fe1bc56b02254cefa1/15379443281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcebc29f4b0---vubidosomafaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c3c7dec7b---56836543815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e0c2e341d---70312305287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210604155143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb7d0907c59704eefa13f840cd91b4f0/64094901883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=worms+3+obbPDF 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_off0000f1aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1AA 18896 bytes
SHA-256: b264146c086e9df2003d884273ea13b99be87bd8ee4b661c772429ac5484fc7b
font_01_sfnt_off00012266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12266 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A7C 9940 bytes
SHA-256: 3245c0b79c0bd2d6e6892951b75f070177b0aca7a26123d0c3ade201a04bfa28