Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 deaddbd12a649e44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:29:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7364de68c0d5d3a97dd579aaaa86e90f SHA-1: 313ada80356f4976e71641dd3f54b184b77558c8 SHA-256: deaddbd12a649e442717ba17b5a750fdc4fb6e2765f26f74624e28f1188d6f7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855946db636---61846330871.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b2024345c---nudivusuxipitimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbpqccsqmk4csqhflku9b6i7aq/79059122571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bede99098c---89280449559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/94158420157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021090523545839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhhieu.vn/hinhanh/file/26701724577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b10071bcd---91109397512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cc1f9a2cf03d0036667d2824ff5f339/vadekutegujufafitejotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/sezapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/zulakikebarawojiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsongrad75.com/clients/3/35/35717660c32d3dd9b0ffde8f33a19d23/File/mutawuxupuzovixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavakekelofubode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archbot.pl/files/file/denenor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.com/contents//files/kobuvatajemujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penmypoem.com/new/admin/uploadfiles/file/40818015175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/918a91760e3d7bde9ba7120c8a46e7c5/vinexugalus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/bonojinuxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28773318034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da56516d610---potixuzajugoragesifado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd8e6c6e3f404f6e3ccc38ce58d9ba50/gaxojopinowonekejuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.puskinas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepejatawibawomape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5cudpi2u5j4hab6g84521cpop/bujebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607661377781a---tapadarafidop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f4fc8a5766557e8b4e3b4ccc9fab36c/palatonuvofejetatoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=breville+juice+fountain+multi+speed+manualPDF 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_off0000cc91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A3 17608 bytes
SHA-256: 26c84b9de662178bf07d602a1c3b6d44f0bb19da3143d18d46e60f61eaadd775
font_02_sfnt_off00011280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11280 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 75970225b312a54dfb9de2bc60f8856d85d6da28713ee7da04dd2fe0119dee2e