Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bff88dfcb7de77cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 03:14:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: eab899db60b84a7bcfe1cf50945dfe45 SHA-1: 91900e9acc498a243ff7d6a0b974586029d03882 SHA-256: bff88dfcb7de77ccb077aa537f77430fd7e312d610b20fb5468364971527cbaa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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 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://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/dabujunekarawofufurud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hyperasp.net/userfiles/file/betixurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/88437839344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2c75741a3---36380659911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/96535196213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3596f4c5b74a7ea4f7e6e49dc245eee/28198252616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ce211f24c---xedopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9306fbadc98f7d73194f6dc60c794e1/1811066800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/22731970981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/43349617097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetnl.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210705_5749A0C0C3C996E3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dbeb31d19b534408097cd544ab1509e/373944642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/gituvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/92730920094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpetersame.com/clients/9/91/91902b33218228c9a3691be2563b71f1/File/42017860981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee8918e233d---58266046638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/2285732636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.com/images/upload/files/rifutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5fbb66944---56169287727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kilincsweb.hu/fileok/file/6570173581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/50844262054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/85197997580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=eternal+sunshine+of+the+spotless+mind+trailer+italianoPDF 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_off0000e9d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D8 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 895f312ded6cab069c0d49bf54ff4ce0109e9953f59aab2dbfc4eb251a77bddf
font_01_sfnt_off00010299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10299 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 1487113c9fde3e66e29a8bb2ee82ed936d220f6a21e229ea4136bef425bfb9d7
font_02_sfnt_off00012e8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1