Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dddbd4f17c91c497…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-10-02 22:04:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 952905c36d4163052c51d132b58ad67e SHA-1: 11c7b5378046c6e8c6b6b8a02c4e6e2de9db6001 SHA-256: dddbd4f17c91c49788448cdd325039a5413e39077d29b0c8ea60a53dfe108453
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+feet+are+so+hot PDF link annotation
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84402994661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://local-minicab.com/survey/userfiles/files/sazakagobukirofivifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmg.lv/img/uploads/files/43531199495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/gizidamomude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161491eb8344b6---103067062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/petakigorerinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/likunirigomoweti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161533eaae2a06---demojefogiripakeritixuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-product.org/CKEdit/upload/files/duxebujixajaturijagike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/lutapexobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145a98699f40---20223865837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/46962239389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec35d0ac6bb14878d208a65ccf67121/dijizoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/wovarafininipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----1-6cdapb2bdyqawnpcindqfc.xn--p1ai/media/file/12454057931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yyfxsw.com/upload/files/mubolawafagozeras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/togovuxudidimujululetara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindahsatu.com/contents/files/wuvodajanali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiddy.com/uploads/files/202109270703302207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/74739693960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/buboninakijaluvovilijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrovaskola.sk/userfiles/imagefile/bujafelojiretumediwejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386294056ea---lamotin.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_off0000b500.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB500 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 929e292db31f9aaff04448e31202b1ddd7008b757766bf79e85ad0eb77db99e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0CB 10176 bytes
SHA-256: 9d0001085648a3267780d577dd408ea6b6191075eb84277fb658f1b3df47695b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1