Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddd02ff4b44c98a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:06:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9798a2f11e367a6aebdeed84ae63210d SHA-1: 849c32ed3792fe56498783bdd85aa58efa8dbc38 SHA-256: ddd02ff4b44c98a1a2493a36345757fd4709447ae411120ec33c35eafe9b9ea1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the URL structure and heuristic firings point to a common tactic of using compromised infrastructure for distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=irs+self+employed+health+insurance+deduction PDF link annotation
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081108296b9e---55270183517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021042921541573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609916ebb49f8---nogodujizupiboruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95fe9f386c---kametojozozujinenijeguge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2lnmpn1qe41ajf9v7o5aek6k6/fekurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d515c9aff1---dibetubosadamatopemud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41cd974a19f15e2df048cad94aeabbbf/63189013605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8a02adc6a---rolivanonezefitafenawuvat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74bfba4618dac988ae4fe131688fb1fa/giporosobajavofobuduxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad92f25585f---renapefitafutofexuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/91177257644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f49ecf3e5c8618e272e5c9b57aeb931/rozanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e09b0485ad1951810a75f7bdfbf30998/78800156317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/bibilufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d382111dd---33439366706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/bozutorodavisisepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a246791ed84---jegirivigarirakemuporo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/2021514105263774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/47244981377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca81b679054ddf9fdf235595a05501e1/48388403066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ecd52b05d35cc03869be9e01a2e8394/80423664922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dacu03gnqaiaeeo891d82cmo18/kuboworefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6abcdb19615845bb7616d1da8cd2f30/dovodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/jejuberuwunotapisurake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18604094882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b2fa863efcfa8a3028bb8eb071f601d/gujiru.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_off0000f5d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D6 17628 bytes
SHA-256: ff7aa8a330fe3e76d07a95acad907786776ac64aa59bee3b157615bcced88f59
font_01_sfnt_off000123dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123DD 11052 bytes
SHA-256: e8b8322d2e4acdad3096fab4cba4e47971a0bafca0a3ccfe405d111dd38fc1e2
font_02_sfnt_off00013d68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1