Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ff05557cb4163d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-31 14:31:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fa172218230dd7b9032e1f9069745821 SHA-1: 883b0dcfd1614d06924e0a7a3ad82870cbf9e75f SHA-256: 2ff05557cb4163d05f6900f7dd3e3a9baf123bce838bbf5673b0886388428261
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics point to the PDF being a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs suggest the primary goal is to redirect users to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+it+mean+when+hard+wired+smoke+detector+chirps PDF link annotation
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/pisofonudebufeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8e847f5c90b159eb28c50670ef58f7e/pobapopedalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/molitomobekokivusibowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/761167aa7adc8a5bc55f679047c0130b/68126875533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe785861bb---87704268707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cee654138---dupononulilisabipenuneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/30301903262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a00dce4d7736fb57990582ec65ef77/zedotuvekalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d70d43a62---24745834633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaded2c7eb8---12399076592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profil-metall.de/content/uploads/file/sumopamididurikasopuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hollandunitedreunion.com/clients/5/52/52f3fdf721cdccceb566e47094f1d9de/File/kitumamefuduxitexewusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriagasthiyarastro.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/zakabosezizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/33331052908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609def0434f1d---14067002698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea1a3367cb---39516937149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/wurelibijujowunafodazimom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-grafik.de/userfiles/file/jukebazobejufiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba700842b5ff3fd6961450a13465d3b5/58287484945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0c6e950d22f239307665f1628b8888/rarudusisunidotewatuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver1979.com/upload/file/sagepafakudibegutug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/menimijufavamariredemuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a013847153a---gatadupuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupposcorcia.it/userfiles/files/61567957482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/2166316051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5218bf663365f3902429cc5b95f0811c/juvomibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/jivosabaluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/donjqihqchbkdi2h0edo3a422d/55662688758.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_off000101be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000119d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D0 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 02ce7dc36e2f20e784f786f766bc3177f5fcd3057abd45ae249b7e80597214e3
font_02_sfnt_off00014688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14688 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 936c946397ce888e16677855a6609de841456fbfdfe2505c0b57a3ecf55ae07c