Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddd5e98e8bdec22c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-13 03:33:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a0c99d39a94b5c7e1aafd8367ff3eced SHA-1: 67cbd7687e91a9ed08f260dfe22e4985fe5cd03c SHA-256: ddd5e98e8bdec22c8cafe76aabd8589d40df9cd3bb654151b995177cf4a28a3d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of numerous external URIs and the 'link farm' heuristic indicate a primary function of redirecting users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21d47f919d61f9fd6618975836b98ee6/27922650770.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///9357775397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klcovr4ds78jn6dhiitp7n99ak/7807689501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/baxafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b7c264845---zojatadivefobegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce7c2621e9---tufovedojinipewitiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efc36103f66a5e86fb4dbc6fda2e90bd/buxeropovorikiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4db7b6oj10gk87m2pn8vpvb9o7/jenogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/dalofemila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54154826cba56a10cd1ce454354f5701/bubexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cintabogor.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/59003002794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/71463905101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/74814568017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycolaborativo.com/uploads/files/27924518360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basumati.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21326438538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d0e39b223a85c42123b63b302616462/nabazidalef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/lawavinukudemobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4384c1f8e291b90c213ce3cd31ba7f96/49848488415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f58107ba93---15640734496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/linevuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff4fac1090---letidineriborutijuxeterik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728a6d48986---57151590019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8b2ddbe8---mefowovalediwokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizefuvunuxiwifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3114b82cbd---11595617544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ret+pally+leveling+guidePDF 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_off0000e56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE56A 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 3bcb2562ad9e022c4d2289a0e41ef3694999f8c33ea43376b472ff19bade76fe
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD36 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 74c14ea60fe6a48ce34c2a9f8ccca2a2e27cf40316ff74a81bbfbf10cbd9dc7d
font_02_sfnt_off00012aa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1