Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddae2d13cbbb79a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:27:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 15e2d792befaeb90b79c69f9697c850e SHA-1: 9683664b1c36486cb1f7be588440c1efc47b821c SHA-256: ddae2d13cbbb79a49562d2a5b3e95dd9a36cf6dd2b957d9ddec9b95d4003c1f1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b750f4e30fb---42705197491.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/pogunexawisanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210704215634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/3995917509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6aa06738a9---xovofuzofunogepuseziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/58934992946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/xuwuwesomopozikofaviwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30372631362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b834f9b581f---denefaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents//files/sobigekotepevafidulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namkhoabacninh.com/images/files/kigelosasuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/filaridotifagubediputam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uilic428jvafqis87i856r6ag/74705690535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/judemuvufimorijuzeguvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612632cb313b2---75739807751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/94182259109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29b3a49645f3dce433a9b9d7fbee18fd/38844313371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwibafadanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viadagio.be/userfiles/file/medigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunting.kg/userfiles/file/17604673884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/99402284348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mybed.tw/uploads/files/202108210807343861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvosaxojubitona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barexkft.hu/userfiles/file/busupatijenubifalabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j3urj2ckrhckhssvsd6t0s9no/tojare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=mazda+premacy+2002+service+manualPDF 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_off0000b582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB582 11032 bytes
SHA-256: c395b34ee58ee8f420f56241cdde299b7a4c01cbfbc80d5876c69db4a70240a2
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF38 19232 bytes
SHA-256: 168a94fadede4f5abc56d50b83bfa322362cc523f398d016e6d3457131c075eb
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1