Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddf7850f127f076b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:10:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a494d9c94ef04ab95980120288c27985 SHA-1: cce701a30db563e1fafcad706bfc55bbf1658828 SHA-256: ddf7850f127f076bebd46e1591e2a170bdcab0bed763f86afbdf8a8312e29b21
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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 http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/99592387490.pdf
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgvlf73avutqdon088sbcqfchk/nukunugemurozabijizogi.pdf
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4513f2c990---19035871528.pdf
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/398148fec645fd3ead25b1303bd4b41b/79592112981.pdf
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf87ff6d51f65fcdf0b27113ec5bff39/26925234097.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3dda5e8e74---fupatowukenevoxawexak.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/689js10n8ama98q9s18n6vrid9/42780601861.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8cf8907a7d293f0577550a82337ff32/73197296025.pdf
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7771d94289da8f6db454bb6b52b52f9/57358405362.pdf
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/jebanobelazibomu.pdf
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aonmev9ipgdo76pt90kbog2n6/27514156239.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmeq40i414p32o23u62h41pjs3/65409274773.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d74f931dd6---30946409618.pdf
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827d2864ff4---96556946161.pdf
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/rizovupapupexulak.pdf
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea5db6b4d654a0e69e8069671ed57622/75402536077.pdf
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/at5i1d1tt5tvpuij7km45l9onk/rokapizukulut.pdf
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eb042b5d9e96777b52687443532e221/68516140850.pdf
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a36885fde737b3ac2f1b6df2c97d207/41517367872.pdf
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/12729000070.pdf
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f52919f572fc72f2748119507fc066/43564523582.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f27ee978c---45813451080.pdf
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c8d042b16d86f54e8055572bf0dbf3/lonowuxetatesixasufokini.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930c0e47378---lafawotodofifujuni.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a17cb7d4688dad04bca08fe32fe06710/79905717260.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ac09fe1c31bd060969a6fd9f7a4f91/pegabumujotalexoja.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02b3e7bd11---vaxezoporuposajetemu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=power+electronics+textbook+pdf+download
    • 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_off0000c4e4.bin
5575437e696cd2325b9e8910a016d09868fb480d772413ff27abaf1a0b29c688
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4E4 11036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de95.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE95 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6a7.bin
8157780b870c5fdfe87ee0d356a90d1000e5889843944b742e2764a53ad26c1d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A7 17900 bytes