Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdada53fd13738f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-15 19:22:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3f25e4489895d830d36aba0913c7ddc7 SHA-1: 9140cd7726f394669f86543fe46ef09d9871bfb0 SHA-256: fdada53fd13738f66ca9f8e028249e8185a5ce83d545c9f3a118f4d22680090d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to lure victims to malicious external sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cheese+good+or+bad+for+you PDF link annotation
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89caa4a4545085bf5677a5a14d783dea/mirolipudazujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/fudonasevobelivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uv4n9k4bv1r4sdncqep7e54a6m/jemewamet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqkeq8dbef2q2g4295tjcqqlh6/ruleseluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609459d9a611c---putanafuzojonalugatuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0a20c04955a91b213bc33459003897f/zavaxolopuwomod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cfcb672888a5ddf18fd1630eaad9cf2/zesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b0b66d78d595284b9e16781bf34d1e/davavikamirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/51506190004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609749c6afa08---xakixevot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapatiwopadiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846a5e1bcdf---56874791187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/to4j8sood5uohtn0dpnnpv4upv/32888326196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waroproject.com/file/sidizonariwixutovekularev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/3488373997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6a8423adf---92978919532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89894a8ff1d833611f3f70c2ee924d1b/93057850419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781d136b487---22435236567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a24993d01986781d18ab694d6b05822b/mebixiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/43207735290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/tomalewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/vofilitarasupegupuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/36212780025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/xekolofiwozovireregudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074374be5872---17754254765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eg8tpbfsu9d92alrf9oosaf7c3/sadopifopuvifokipiwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ef2e5facef2f3fbe372cafe72ae88c/10942755663.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_off0000ed15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED15 16708 bytes
SHA-256: d68ad3f4ae7e0107e602f037755e3d251e5838824e9380595a506b6a429422df
font_01_sfnt_off0001189b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1189B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B2 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 85b95c62fbe3d35b199b7fd7d5bc7e0e6149d62c0d46d971283a0d47e583ac3f