Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddd0b548f2e096d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-23 22:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dd1169b7be51e7b7795e113e0131d4ba SHA-1: 01e3c92f799f62ad9e9e043d1336b91b2d5e016b SHA-256: ddd0b548f2e096d05869e36853734d99e11ba8136b8b6879320cb85c7474fab8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous external links, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'Download Button' heuristic further supports a phishing or scam-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/dirofexusilow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://springhs1988.com/clients/a/a7/a70db2535ed58991dd9724faf9b165d0/File/80728767448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/tijiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/51101657343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d6a3316abfc1139e9f7e835e1f6dfbe/77862506388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stromzeleny.cz/file/rojuzesexupuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/kejunadazuzadizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/nawofifovokanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherriestattoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roritiketofetugabiriwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///50723930096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850dacf2005d012890e5068359cc9eb0/vasawajuzodifegodovurunus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8bcd8c15a---juripanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj8tpuveo53djro6edlqq4o9a6/ragetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a152b98fd76---radoxexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a71f157f5---xasibajopudalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/resekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1r4dk2b0ngjc0brsr515uqp8ee/savidozuvewirupujonidofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/kuwuzivisuvuzekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5djrh76o8hn2up22378ffvtjo1/17561151689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b766f1a823a---18886428980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccffb201b240835d97882595713eca45/gapesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icoachyou.biz/images/ckeditor/files/sutodapunitomelinilupoxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/89035069170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=kabir+singh+movie+free+download+isaiminiPDF 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_off000100b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B6 10984 bytes
SHA-256: f41f8db08345d9aeffeb852a5692c844628aa5875ecd06e98189c575c482e718
font_01_sfnt_off000119dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131EE 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 59d44ec1179b3aa614d558934bea4a253e1041b1e2af073689a9b577e0bcf40f