Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdd8b5d4c39c197e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:56:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 966aeed81531891c00f9d4e9d73a16c7 SHA-1: dbc6ca1d1e800d341315e9e566af20c4d53f2c66 SHA-256: fdd8b5d4c39c197eec797e68f50f6d0e09b610b1add48dbde41ba7ab74db33e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/mixesemumosavum.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://perfect-aerosol.eu/userfiles/file/lezajonolegenixuwetexumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7308952500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d981bb3788---50729084463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a284f8988ac---98279037296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/manojisib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43baa772aa---73220129497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210814_080628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0v5a18od5o1vpofd7hmpte3ucr/75387682563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/31529491189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab84de0e6a2---35196407273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dbe7e68a00356114570f48bf4b2207b/14535167405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/48260708322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c29907e34---juzuwimojogetazug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a0ffef3295748b6eddeb5a5f8d6205a/67130083409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcj1i0m3ejq3umir524b54q1op/76320883399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609413d91019f---51338312151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.es/upload/zasokelorusulovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopinto.it/userfiles/files/gatureva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motty-etai-sharon.com/files/files/luveligox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/67484624342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/39351226898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/xitavutoxutafavifosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/51042472870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=coin+master+hack+spinPDF 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_off0000bdb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB6 16004 bytes
SHA-256: 85a6d52c9d7862bd4434c941ba43d53c9a1efe0506266fbb897997232d052746
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fed8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED8 10716 bytes
SHA-256: edd13f9092404b05b27cf6861d0870031bff75e5b099ed4498d9901991d538d3