Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddb52700602b3819…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:00:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f5c11043d33204e1c7760c0bbff039fc SHA-1: 9df14822373eaf657e084628f1864b952d113c8e SHA-256: ddb52700602b38190f079f2d3ccbebebe986a4fc1414525b8ca1eaf2198825b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for initiating malicious actions. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=converting+ppm+to+ppb PDF link annotation
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/7966008225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d571afd85---newalupatizojuzubasibufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///babosoneroxifotamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e88f9cea2c6cef06a95e4a2a30cb4808/gesotewotewerozegaxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/12972188640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f82d25b305---11141684550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c785f9c4f8---58224085503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/nusuzaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4uk195vmtsckljrtpu1nojno1/4837132002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lueh2knecjlb03k214ph92j1a5/dizapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021062115585247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/75888423455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/523bd536e478b866ce69ae75a8dd0b3e/jitowujazaganenezazugenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/7968877862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/98872074869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210520064003604009sgvz81.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/91122713688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/11454762352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1cf4904a16---19556196866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rekoxifasagigerewesikiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eiat2jdges8bq8a7fckc6bfbv3/50334546969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e4bd49728---jajuzafoxofodepor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5868pun9ghvtt2jba55qmarog/kutize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dadupidugexali.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_off0000e723.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE723 17932 bytes
SHA-256: 4bc462fc61907fb781dfd1c565d9a51b2d3cfb1ed1d076126ad00f1b877836d8
font_01_sfnt_off00011671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11671 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 582fdb088766e2a57f35cad4ee9401b59167e9a8587d025952e65d5ac8559821
font_02_sfnt_off00012dfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1