Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ffda62f40f4d69a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-08-03 07:20:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 640aee32849be983d0ba722ec63fb058 SHA-1: 47b623144d0c97ca4502f747189ed49b65a6000a SHA-256: 9ffda62f40f4d69aa104e0b25f734905e044a75ef024c27685209e4c9ce26439
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+partners+does+the+average+woman+have PDF link annotation
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/75741689707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/runuzifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.org/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/83118715257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowasevufaleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/riwanevive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/32428753376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/78322940383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/mitituvaxovedibuduzozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/refizevisovapuzuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096223828683---dotapoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-klass.ru/i/upload/files/modajatafemuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/72700801122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcgrq8le23el81a515g9bofsfe/85402963176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenvisioninternational.gm/userfiles/file/79075783146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/19066277349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rm6docoj1bv0fcn0cch29mggb4/koredufupeveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93a6416c15aa1650041291d1194eb522/27936850786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a1603f790---67105162278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094df7ad5e14---4778742551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8bd6f802d3c2d3eabc4292548e25a80/10300412338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alianzablue.com/aym_image/files/80456530950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc06bf52185---69901411989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ea481087f5aa40bb88c8512808f485/75841825087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a192d40d5d4---94231275760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashole.hu/UserFiles/File/mered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/13101397104.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_off00011bf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BF8 18192 bytes
SHA-256: e5aef4a1df649093252e5c0e093bea28eca47d8acfde46946490d803a6153f7d
font_01_sfnt_off00014bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BCE 10960 bytes
SHA-256: c9407e1476aedc5e54f92817ad23f7fa50e8f1b49f2f59f579566585a121ba80
font_02_sfnt_off000164df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1