Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bff424d3c5b71c5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:28:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0966fab35aa2b304e87b72bf47cc06c0 SHA-1: 3cc400834267231c23bc9590f2a691ed4f2f5553 SHA-256: bff424d3c5b71c5b27b45d0b6bc7e61f895a595ffa7485a19d289542146d029c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/35623941189.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/pamiwamimoxefekapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolapezzano.it/userfiles/files/91760841806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janjoling.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41179970580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/75394169914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607860d81012c---47389941771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821e3895600---pepudumuvigataja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/19624552763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/valofexezukitabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d827dd919---93197478659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/21353356893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppualcc5gtevvufe39vc1ljf6d/17952333709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126b4a82e55c---fulufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdm4j9lua6vthbkejtrc8a0ckj/4485013709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasylhet.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dokofikiwikatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754bd4195b0---73736776325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210707214239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edd6d025442a05fcac81a5bd284de61f/kikewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfansing.nl/userfiles/file/6276008642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/57217392294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79115479904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/47751763536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hram-uspeniya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34866274323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966bac496bf---zuserijugebupozone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=biography+of+william+shakespeare+worksheetPDF 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_off0000f890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF890 11044 bytes
SHA-256: dd3ccece45a2e3ea8cd1969cfad5c3e70ef81e0b99288ab0361c9b208fec964a
font_01_sfnt_off00011264.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11264 18624 bytes
SHA-256: fba50b25d97f4c3d58f854f504ccc38fb5646124ab4f1281f5b5861b9521ca6f
font_02_sfnt_off00014281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14281 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1