Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cff4c24aaf7ac3ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-09 22:23:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 8fcc9b03a4e7ab213f64f7828d400978 SHA-1: 0220bbe94f6a8d60ebbd2c5485ad79a7827bea69 SHA-256: cff4c24aaf7ac3ab0b1a145d20a47ba85ba2edd4e3acd04c37a068b1d53fb073
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7254f45540---58900969449.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/tazedexaromurozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608567ea45c83---341000056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cecb8f1163b5541f1af89dfa1d744d5/nasefejiwizedipetumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/jovofoxapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/fuduserevorepawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/kojeberinidawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98371aa6d---97992044291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.com/files/usersfiles/files/7461661915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/bogejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/lixazojapevuzatilate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bb67241c3---wirowadikikafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d7a6ace8d---5335525397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd86062328a463d62cd7441759236309/64474165891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/41673897018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/rubujijojixisiraluxadet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8de5087aac0e37cfe1dd00d06c99a1c3/ximepexirije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fd7dc73bd---nafelujuvibure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmtqokm624uvtiuqmccpmec5kb/nenuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alixdemassy.fr/userfiles/file/35725115261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06g1gv84icr0ousgrr5o4amnon/xevarumanevibajikilamej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c261c81d03---1702109584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=thomas+calculus+14th+edition+solutions+pdf+redditPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1db23a5bbccff76a5117a757c8244008/tebefixagexomozulujobo.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_off0000ddb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5CE 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 5077fcacaa796df576a9d9b815d90f3058d2c0d03b9ef0613fc131a849b9dee3
font_02_sfnt_off00010f7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F7A 18120 bytes
SHA-256: af9ff005cf928d3e895da680ecf443898b76e6994e624ac2c0679dbd58cfd795