Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ffdb5edce58a5d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 19:50:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5d4b5eb6a19984461ae4da560f0d35fb SHA-1: 7f5b63982584a7491cf5787666788eb32b910445 SHA-256: 0ffdb5edce58a5d43e260ce15bd22dbe5f27a70b6aea8b1da35e1224a1f251c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external URIs and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/27166436046.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/88211851443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/693b900c0811ba11a84ca06556e9125c/xekemevowopojofomafizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kc5qfu3opg1rvdncv1l7v6456v/sorizovugokuninekulag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d50deb73936---kosuparekunulakutudopovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/kukazibomipujoderunidunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd4a42fd85---60964197559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/muzoviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqh6vblh0f3ai6aubusodi3kg0/83381557605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/87586757603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/xebunifogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojjs67go0ql7ogihscgdor8k3f/wudododazipeginenoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab54634bb7---josugosotojigegaror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ba3dd6fd8---59611760242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4n0h0rpclg7phtlb2cg32cokp/63590125327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b7fe3772b5e3ed368ad98dbc9736c1e/gijokariziwixesunubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/xezoluwutezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/44284088170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/vunapiwifejezid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13c0b9480071fbf1980a5dfd81050a93/tafinezikikikopuzanija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c45610606---zudejesagisonerig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/78841051143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/66089613548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/bivavajoronovisokuroke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878191ad303---nilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=best+seeds+for+minecraft+with+diamondsPDF 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_off0000f4cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CDF 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 42f26f54069963b709745bf5a20ddece7e348490581a8d131575950633a9e6df
font_02_sfnt_off000137fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137FE 10832 bytes
SHA-256: ee789e4a5917445337f10616a85b35a32d122c7db7ae2d746c547097fea839ea