Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dde6597b30318e3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:31:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ae8eca691045c35b813b6e7843358eca SHA-1: ee5c0e2db13ee54e6b953e9d00d12fa609a8afcb SHA-256: dde6597b30318e3e0dcc24f4db62070365b148fe2fece0b115fc22fd48f7fde8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further payloads via the link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the download or execution of a second-stage exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726819df434---45369518964.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/29082185240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satisfytech.com/ck/upload/files/jedabewawemizaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcrt9np35s6r5fo5nbh1rkcak6/15737489079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607994c775a23---91469702163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b645b20ab374831ccd952b01ffb35d3/koxilifawesifevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780a8bcc300---97207428846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/vakixasokozafipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/52259733884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/66566813316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl4qhpksppho7ndq7ed11907de/rudimimojaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb931a4329ff39152e91fa9fba2ac284/bokuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2cc9b88d4---94500075803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/sajurotefetavemijew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/33933445156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/53029865654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/nibozunerijusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/xukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/482624607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e1ccce8bd---76490698987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47a9c41ab81bbde98d49c7c3488a96ac/jisawuzipabuludalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2a2243b826b7e794a9a114da15a0aa0/melile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/patokunima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietfun.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/emm827d315qg7pfc0bee6vseck/62017066914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/viwuluxemajonuvego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=physical+chemistry+by+o+p+tandon+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d771.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD771 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 4bdb946f6399d535eb2984154fc18008e7462054e0140f237b1860c238f06b44
font_01_sfnt_off0000f166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF166 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 103c4846b446d7abe62a83e13dde4627e9c8789bc6eba7da92e5984754b1b4d1
font_02_sfnt_off00011eca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ECA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1