Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dda7982a450216f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:25:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c46d719f9f43a619b244609934f7b3c5 SHA-1: 8520952a64a856479ec4aca7abab52c93243cad8 SHA-256: dda7982a450216f2a8ddce60e5655e320bef6f6b61b47df6400682edd38b2b14
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' lure and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+worksheet+for+class+1+cbse PDF link annotation
    • https://bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foweganabasimipetisutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nipissing-lodge.com/clients/b/be/be32fa5c9d1e5a871f1efa0d35b29fe7/File/64692273820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d78bd54ca6d---noxutivixin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zolmedis.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7a6eba769---lumutobodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents/files/kijodirawesekax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdcb2u3l9uvm726s5dl1lb8dvv/96557465818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads/file/lobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svx.su/ffile/file/jediwenuguxefilokukotad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jensbrode.de/files/file/63536594243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fa368a102c078b6cd648af4e2084ac1/41306194568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jphotographyllc.com/userfiles/file/lezopugewijefog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrlita.ru/archive/image/file/tudorabefixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/lunodujagexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/99541350627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08808ad117fd814205d403ad3c6f0d5a/mogidukefufadojifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a571aff23---feruvulowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pp1ehshqamnjf1jvtp1f445bjp/tupezatovome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havanic.com/cache/fck_files/file/42522376792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8133f70411ca15b6a0144dc0a9a99cd/85898395906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82818302117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/95191416399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/pisofigubogadelugunafari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omg.su/upload/File/gokilarudunelokarewukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/vumilirefuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/87207940560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/dagokomebabaraxa.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_off0000d290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD290 10968 bytes
SHA-256: e6ba2b61420f9bfe2f5dcacacb3049a37e53c12bf9d763f9dd8c8573d74644f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC10 17212 bytes
SHA-256: da1fb5795dbad60d9b6f9f0501c5542448a1fb342e83f715e929b54dca4014b1
font_02_sfnt_off0001181e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1181E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1