Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dda45186eb0cec0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-10-12 09:55:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: fb8768e5b49975223ccdb7656ec94887 SHA-1: a8a80d5ee63bfb5b1ad688f03cef30442f2919ed SHA-256: dda45186eb0cec0d1b9fbfe622f9a379966b262c2fffdddb1c8946fda1e2e5c8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely intended to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://jszl-rolls.com/filespath/files/20210926192846.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/75957600695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93783017503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produse-zilan.ro/files/43597831280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/nelobuvelezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202110121453248132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes2.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/3716189607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harmony-lazienka.pl/Upload/file/4142069694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hsbofmn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ing-ka.com/user_img/file/nabenesikofuguzemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthresearchinstitute.net/userfiles/file/60412574693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatnhapkhaugiasi.com/luutru/files/xoliworusadugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158b677f1ad0---35062166822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinostandards.net/upload/files/6645225677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usgcambodia.com/userfiles/file/telidojinapunonegizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasifikendustriyel.com/userfiles/file/liwepivamigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148d5419d499---mukenobasexikonila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf6980559d5b7b3436ae960af94110cf/fasimef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/27847061505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616072027ea67---8464442895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d17ba28595---lalutijatebuwudepit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/toputisarali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienvietbac.com/uploads/files/5190089433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/Z3ufxtS7Wvw/uplcv?utm_term=close+up+book+answersPDF 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_off0000f2f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B08 10504 bytes
SHA-256: ce4effb8c39f85ca62e2bd6e11c1b518c430a519216de05032aafbede08291c2
font_02_sfnt_off000122f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F0 19856 bytes
SHA-256: 431cadca5f5d97ce40eeb4d6aabeab8bd2e283266d340bf15868aa3ea19b0754