Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bff27ba9311b32a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:14:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c92eeafeac8cb0f91693c0a682d30041 SHA-1: 9d200ca83bb900b73ba60f280632303df865a3f8 SHA-256: bff27ba9311b32a0350478ba0280ae236bfaa2c0eaf37bd17cb1d2bc4d2f9c93
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and SEO-optimized disposable link farms points towards an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://fazendasaojudastadeu.net/fotosempresa/files/sorozuru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c52a85331---lerobosoduvafomowobelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.it/file/68415548861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d66e960bf03---dizuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents/files/gifezimeverodoximon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rexazujasuvazagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bpup152caikretu8vccmtrvi1/43326580066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c778b29107---93606127234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/2454453885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15da5efcdf70d2d68b60441a90d89516/71510293695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb14ee34767---wutomilibuvusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fdf9cd3de---forane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/xutilopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh62.com/clients/7/77/7764523e397120ad9b09b1da26998858/File/55951706405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infiniteprospects.com/FCKeditor/file/74745891588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb5a76a67adbac087d8dcf1243584454/71811658751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhanloc.net/userfiles/file/80720426190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c82a05ef5cdd53adfcffa08888fee09f/vatulogixorolokopagoluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/he0r2t4spumai5o6ochkqihqqt/topapap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/11141797352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3873331e8fb16ca7b971798e5de8df45/minofawomeridesufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-3/20210703210521836575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikakane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=manual+testing+resume+sample+for+3+years+experiencePDF 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_off0000fc7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11490 17924 bytes
SHA-256: c2053809b823ccb37c2d8506bdf6ea8545af9e4b9659264b025dd4081fc1a428
font_02_sfnt_off00014314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14314 11304 bytes
SHA-256: f74d4dfe481c537e0835739e2d38b8b0e9991bcd8d4092abb43ac3f1caaadac1