Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddd5543aa8cb8811…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 18:04:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8ccfd17f2429581349315212f3882a15 SHA-1: 8230d871216c95cb9f30bf98201c1f84038b4e80 SHA-256: ddd5543aa8cb8811ae5f4e198b6392305a9d4b569ac12b6cba51503900530907
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+copy+data+from+icloud+to+android PDF link annotation
    • https://dottoridegregorio.it/public/file/ditosorojekiwiwuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/wibinogatumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalilak1.com/userfiles/file/55231166177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/97185796766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/zapogusukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27391934608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/195ded8aa95963e5e535a742ed5e89c0/61107180872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/50716980019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijacr.net/assets_admin/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/20447716312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianlanlawyer.com/filespath/files/20210908145810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sctiec.com/up_files/FCK/file/vevewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidymoney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19649541790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpollopaulino.com/cenavarra_userfiles/files/nojeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/nujuwujivelasezisiteji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jts-electrical.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujibisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nozisipifexofunezipeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/mafojekupirobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/zakekawadonuxakafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65211a6b4ad408e872c632ee06c02561/92613889712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_B3762FF3A8308C55.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobiliteit.nu/files/wawaxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/kagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanandieuduong295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/gomasoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurashi-kyoiku.com/cms/dat/upimg/file/42833416345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.multilandtours.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posaserog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92c58d4664980f211f272f84c1cbccd9/91196691730.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_off0000d7e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7E0 18808 bytes
SHA-256: f586f7af01778032996a4b9f135b07be8fe944f9f8e283dfc1f0d746dfb9b6e2
font_01_sfnt_off00010833.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10833 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 549d9a3128881815fdb6f59be40b9efbb4342bb26892c758866e42b414c5d8e6
font_02_sfnt_off000120fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1