Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ded95bd28fc50f44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:09:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: dcf6daaef6d5e38757c83f9dab8a2d2e SHA-1: 53d4a38ddf5bad21e8849adff6f1e25471e9f006 SHA-256: ded95bd28fc50f44192d314ac8ee56131b31b8b4526e9f26adf145478e3f1159
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a ClamAV signature and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. This pattern is commonly used for phishing or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bloodborne+how+to+get+to+the+dlc PDF link annotation
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a419dfb4ac7---93859780608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/sosevegoxeretodib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eb965f92e9208f54bcdc9b9e4354c81/1626413869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/789f99d4b52aefb46b6e3b78c3e139b6/13755075461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d12bc1d23972c63e995eed13d03be84/dugimesenumofasewomilujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/4126162374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/kukibutirodesirereli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799fa5e7ce1---51293375123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/13600096289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4ubkq3j813huq3bku4p52k9qt/diwutupupewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fa2578016388593a2407e43d8e585f0/mavedobisizusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/xojaluwofubijimoboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmv59ri1au63ht25loodrlqrb4/pubufumigajabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa092ba0d4---lafagofuweloletigedozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/ziruzaradokomikakobixoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d015d7cd82---besirijegame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094958c9dbf1---lufiborufozizadolulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd3b83820da431f9b2a2a9b84133c5f6/10856488749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/99656558828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/22490579258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986cff171b2---72520600332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://welltowork.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/379c1bcb32dfc2e5eef14663e5842452/2715068421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/59005330934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-tct.ru/userfiles/file/lorujemedodijopeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607937317b53f---lalibedo.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE966 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010173.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10173 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 28c5bcedffb0f63c0f18ed07264126f7c833899b916de9a351f9850be7cb6bae
font_02_sfnt_off00010984.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10984 10504 bytes
SHA-256: d056da42b0667d14521fbde9aeb1acc70c39f2c53d6a3aa5948b83cc24fe740b
font_03_sfnt_off00012131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12131 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 51805c057252628196a7904415c90cc451fbb03741967490f3a6d6667997a881