Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddea11a022720341…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:42:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0086fe0e233fd0e412620b86eb65c52a SHA-1: 8f2814e01adf1f1b1629cfa034f9301980e725f9 SHA-256: ddea11a022720341c51d5a4d627bf312447270a7719ac7ca6e8e144cab675d6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that utilizes a link farm hosted on multiple websites, some of which appear to be compromised CMS installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

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 https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/najasamovozezel.pdf
    • http://tele-klass.ru/i/upload/files/xerurofavadujag.pdf
    • http://qlionshousing.ca/userfiles/file/86025191100.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b093830a7e---11703358112.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312b6b3a4bd---dogenotewon.pdf
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-19/20210919061456408020.pdf
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/venaparitagilogukisag.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145f6a14c142---32473688470.pdf
    • http://hypotekaprezamestnancov.sk/res/file/xitaxumufajexegezara.pdf
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/xirezo.pdf
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a08c7c79ddcbcc631e75db3090a1b1c/votaratanemopimetikok.pdf
    • http://gurgaontaxi.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/wiridaxekijezokawiforomog.pdf
    • https://kratky.eu/files/file/64891480800.pdf
    • https://adverto.ee/userfiles/file/gidosuwafusezomux.pdf
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/zidamef.pdf
    • http://atel-j.nl/uploads/files/86526645922.pdf
    • http://tottazo.com/userfiles/file/33891919097.pdf
    • https://eventaipei.com/upload/files/suguzesasemu.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e973d5818---daribuzolexam.pdf
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/77996743375.pdf
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/mixakafu.pdf
    • http://888chji.com/userfiles/files/getup.pdf
    • https://0955205219.jwa.tw/userfiles/files/foboxonegar.pdf
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13676308424.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=mi+box+software+update
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c8ff.bin
8ce38a0df8183ef9135e94f25812f6a0058d68ab830bf3c8a7d07114315b83ff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8FF 10760 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1ca.bin
9bf606cee15780dd32c6dc37b9762949afacad4ca737d2205051c792b87ce32e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1CA 17220 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e9d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E9D 16792 bytes