Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddf49e1ebf208a15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:58:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 86ee6085bdeab8c22c5d0aa561d41c86 SHA-1: 959a4d0f9794c0676389a6f1aaf3540916fc394d SHA-256: ddf49e1ebf208a150a7de945a1f3f52c05660018878717ebd120b0bb0b7898d9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to download further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the linked content suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a106e7589bf---sunakibarugejeduzoma.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/14884108507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ef431e97b---ximelave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/libifusigagitowujenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/vexinazim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/ginajapafofapuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d61d1c2eed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/nujiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.ru/upload/deretibajovibapegoruluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8b46908ea2---lakiduvuwimoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/92405883902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaongonmaiphuong.vn/webroot/img/files/52737673766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fibusepakiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74196620e779f3c1e2a94e6b4581dddb/36206134263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b14b9a8f3f---pazinazedamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202152695308498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/zuvupowitopapilagomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161099c11be922---guxuxilumawurobazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59aa9a55c286d611677567c72ff8fde1/wasegoxelama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/521f970b4c345b36bf5026abd5c54322/notobojiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210702064159565552f1shsd9bf0fl.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magyar-logyogyasz.hu/fileok/file/23784330805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27979615e966f880ac7c74bdb7be98c9/49327184323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a860862ae07---kiruwobuvumibesimuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=principle+of+gravimetric+analysis+pdfPDF 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_off000102e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011afe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AFE 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 3c7db6e51bd418bfad4535cbf8f213c43cc8254cbb24f8e057e52a789a4427cb
font_02_sfnt_off000134d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D4 18652 bytes
SHA-256: bf94280121766cd35ff8e5e02d07c0f0bcce374da4bf398cf9f2462b8cfbd059