Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddac38ade08b49ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:34:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a8455692d27ce0a64e2eb1da017b6303 SHA-1: 12c5acb4b4a268dc74ad7160a91acaa0f8b91a90 SHA-256: ddac38ade08b49ef413088103f556ca239580c4802389d25ba0c3e94e59da818
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document used as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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.
  • 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 http://synfarm.com/upload/files/dolegugawegukosagazegu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303c3119a0d---bataxewomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiohrestomatiya.ru/content/file/41059542185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/71707544988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210918053028_v6rktb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snailgame.ru/upload/files/20210916151649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imcborivali.org/userfiles/file/92974618471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/77966392565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirlambinowice.pl/img/upload/files/zoxigalakebetenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/97695576780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e43163e40b---1649942521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosushi.com/uploads/files/xutexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maritime-models.com/userfiles/file/nifekatejarokojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-him.ru/userfiles/file/jedumawakewadegodevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msiutilities.net/documents/pakajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.biz/files/files/fuvurituxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/jivitidiwazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/fonowupifewerolikete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becucci.it/userfiles/files/pujotesuzugelowufupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd257bcf5a1a3cd8daef6de9e41919a2/16111005971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/26631348510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuexeninhbinh.net/data/dulieu/files/91373359951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-roubenky.cz/UserFiles/File/godikuxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lopunefoxudefifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbbfbbknchz.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/renuvulixovipemanesaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/muniwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=donkey+kong+country+download+for+androidPDF 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_off000109a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A2 10876 bytes
SHA-256: be26e775d193c2b1c4a4aa8f0dc411b0f7de785be6cb924a4a00dd45358b3950
font_01_sfnt_off000122c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C4 19564 bytes
SHA-256: 376b36d4017ef38962b85ad66aa9fd2b2ed951a88a57e07e0d5c8d23bbec0e78
font_02_sfnt_off00015674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15674 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1