Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddcbe81d863c3478…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:54:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: de605f0a0d438e4e8d766aa6b009cf47 SHA-1: 5aa764485c86aa58dd9f7490baa120ed967c45bb SHA-256: ddcbe81d863c34781ed5bb8fef8a121fdec79cd4429f35cf6762a2bc98eab7a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially harmful content through a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fv76dqlq1jr5omi8jrrusvn0e/76760376067.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c86157e7d0---gezedexexobizanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/tegasoxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abbef1b74aa2d3ebe0fdddd19bb48a4d/febubitedimosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/zezevobatajewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/girowuduzijixuwamipumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7143c095d---jurevalufowinipifateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161217de851de0---48820274605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/15811862630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5fa51a1e3b---46188590248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c139ec4bfa0e0d41447f020dfd83c48/53290959035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee19e49a92---vonexomanidosesidevuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/gogusojakolisatozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/44943071762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4feab9a6e9---vitarogifixokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geonatlife.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/20119249513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42e9c56bc1---50178197437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hrram6qc7lg74h5dpq577bgem/waren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///jiwesutajagibamudijiziwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06219cfa8de3f32a282480e73f785208/65496839274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbcb5582945---xefatalusumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/fewuradetorejenafuruwegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/nowikewedotuvojoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=history+of+manual+transmissionPDF 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_off0000d45f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD45F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC76 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 541b54e804acbb1e03852a067ff50c87dbb05e21bd613f2a2b99e9986bb7ba16
font_02_sfnt_off00010424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10424 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 922fde3f8f15465514535ed0c7dfbd5601080123d781bb9f34c884e4d526874d