Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddb8097b2a450885…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:03:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 799630f3e8706f264534edc205fd87b7 SHA-1: 223477200a37d73389681305a54c6ca4d571687d SHA-256: ddb8097b2a45088513361e18052846cde451cddea608df1b9949e77ade62ac2c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=experiencing+god+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a676e5aa170---71580002321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1065747ff0---69707812203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae5f19863b7e1d3fe52c320f9ecde3f1/98023410770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/zazatakawonap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3dc60cf27---lavalimimuxopatipigomavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/jubenesonakadewix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia6465.com/clients/f/fc/fcac8d81e62e7f23ed02b02243def538/File/siben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhy-th.com/image/upload/files/28599876383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114cffe9bfa1---bipewetokuzukurujudofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktca7unji6kvdl7b88gvj4768f/87047062534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/matetogunoxojutuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2d7c5d256---bugepilejedigefomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.ovh/userfiles/files/24808631638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d62092516bb---tagagibakibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff7bd1d3de---narafidavejomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93491679528ec4a517b343b8e525729a/51253607717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/xarivixukawurowupazedobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ecb6e501560c6a00a304ec0d9d2c342/zojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/mezetawul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2435a47d0---wupotavadofelipedafonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124d4c30fa80---4539329135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08a9c3fcaa---84171510586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/31911911082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab56875c1f9---43958086412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harlit.com/upfiles/file/wejadejusakujazopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71ac34c5c7d70d065577f6c09d23fc00/regawasalejuvidiwit.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_off0000ee56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE56 18252 bytes
SHA-256: 72446281a6fafd0049615ef7265eba77751b99479318de3976b3e3f40c2ccd6a
font_01_sfnt_off00011d95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135AC 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 8710a5a4873ee0fcfa4ba05f7a7ec64577721e42a3ff226643710525245e44f6