Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddc799b6229ae2e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:48:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d89a354a4da9b2da3e5bab87ffb00e17 SHA-1: 9221635fcb0e098244be97b1c4e793f319de828f SHA-256: ddc799b6229ae2e2a2e2992c2179bd130d56d960d892048dd2064604c7fa961d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The PDF also includes numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript and external links strongly suggests an attempt to exploit users via a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/kebupavodusupowujaxokema.pdf
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210513072605.pdf
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/15110767612.pdf
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s19u24crvu1j31dp783ut37k25/mabamoxowosu.pdf
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fdf7b4202d874fa5d1186e9df37ece6/9531800284.pdf
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/vijifukadozulopekowaxufos.pdf
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/mimuluwimapefunosemepivi.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609158f570673---salufati.pdf
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/50411426780.pdf
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/16207685908.pdf
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aed92a57b51cdca483159971615f6a4/17486524869.pdf
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/55340097918.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e228e732f0---mijafopesego.pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be2b8ecd9b2e2d2d3ad0498d3ebb6bd/bezeb.pdf
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/79450698426.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c54716365c---38240686793.pdf
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f90d9f3e0---44098551607.pdf
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43da41dbe19143b492c1fb1284219ef3/kakawebedikabevifa.pdf
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents//files/dugonop.pdf
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeqdbkmj63oo929mtpt8vbvtf7/47410558989.pdf
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc8cacf0ea---xarorul.pdf
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/81590994862.pdf
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210612014520110.pdf
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/83002296546.pdf
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781ee8a9321---wibafig.pdf
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91471514985.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=isaac+asimov+the+last+question+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f595.bin
6b3dfc769039d59035d112c1f3be754747e108efe0ca7450267d92d4cdd75071
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF595 19688 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012810.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12810 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014027.bin
0814124408de83da84a0c5588ca90428b348056974ab711e0a3de6f5a903949f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14027 11048 bytes