Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddfe3643b0125142…

MALICIOUS

PDF

416.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:29:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2d624c34a4b52a8e12ddaf2d4ffa52bf SHA-1: f3baec16f17a38442bac7469bb4569532ed6fcde SHA-256: ddfe3643b0125142d41d97e898bab15d6472cc60e8f6f837b764fadeb53551fd
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing attempt. It contains multiple links to external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a lure to download further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing campaign designed to trick users into downloading malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7744

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
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=operation+and+maintenance+manuals+for+buildings PDF link annotation
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b48c4471b6ba732ae576cce1e38a604a/varuxevudezudagenumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d4262e490c6969934fe9e397b87175/32668455823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a9e0072088ea308c1812d27ed0c016a/wurulasemovoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210708045449992127risrif9muhgv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomnhenryanderson.com/clients/8/8a/8a1068334c160bb49438aafe8043afff/File/savugosise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/35651075079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75a9407686d73501e2091093bf3f114a/wegolexasonukaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb4dd419f1---82440280595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/15210263036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaldizzone.com/userfiles/files/24456615814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d1fdb4a7d---zewiteveganedanusagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmscsmartlifeblog.com/userfiles/files/bazilovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a9119f4ab62147be7d65c92c7df21f7/putakedesukubogufozejikot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/laratisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/22618776534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b51f67670---91050349994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/zexiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.eu/files/file/vuxojalokopezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/sokaruraxeleven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/ferolori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ee91a0c52---pazomazezoxetorikatotumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocupvvbsl1e7h52k8gel8jf4a2/sigopiwejodivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/79910721046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/bapofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/nejobulejeredimiriget.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_off00061000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61000 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00062817.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62817 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 7c650aabdc5b5e453a4442e9e7649e7a71d4daaa17ea6a0005325a851fa4f6b1
font_02_sfnt_off000641f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x641F7 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 600eea6e416c875e06d7166c897cf0f1e4dc3174d31e9ee6229c98813d1c4099