Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ffeff720ba92cd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-09 13:30:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 3da260262b741e92f339201534dd3f81 SHA-1: 9c7cf304c316b8f66dff56cb3dc4531e22d9053f SHA-256: 2ffeff720ba92cd4ac04f4b96bcdd8a6958fbdd0add1608751bb1c4b0b812056
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly executable in this context, suggests a potential for more complex malicious actions if the PDF were to be rendered in a vulnerable environment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+realistic+elevator+in+minecraft PDF link annotation
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/xufufupugedowuwoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/45866937379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf84f0279baf6dfaf3e6477b0ae639a/zelabez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c1ec23c3faa2f3f94f1e2c3563e1809/fogepovunudekasuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c124994b970---94362321015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/lewijeres.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca7e06d8f3---15070707753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4okdgcuro4odrdqfk61bug14b1/paralolek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608828924b4de---kegekakenuwubavuworegif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2ddgk6ue6319dn4s7j42f3lc3/govazolunixumolojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/271b9b2f4e1018ec7993a0e1b626310b/59135399068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpetersame.com/clients/9/91/91902b33218228c9a3691be2563b71f1/File/wirivuneduvizokole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96e63bcaa02557f91ef2e9335851f67f/gepodokafalokamijalovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.pro/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/bozubujopufikotaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dcc1bb205---364215885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf026a8bbb---54458021710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849ae482ce57666d633af73ab4b15d1e/97384710229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa8464c5faf87d54adfe3d04406d3ed4/mevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kokocurry.gm/userfiles/file/53720045994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca8bf9c27f---8095539057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/puboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755ed8495c0---vukeletid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexominabejasakagule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/11100612436.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_off0000ff0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0A 10732 bytes
SHA-256: c10e1c6b58c7d5496050cd5a55486fdf606b5d861389254463aa7a9709b32a2d
font_01_sfnt_off000117b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FC9 17200 bytes
SHA-256: bde3be7223258ff40f1e69d4412b6b09d7337b0991abe29ffdbe54d72d3d6c17