Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cff8253fc382d671…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:58:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b0d2184aef3fba53d817c4171d6b95cc SHA-1: f81a0a918c18d633bfdc2214d27f6731abe3e93b SHA-256: cff8253fc382d6712e58287649263d59af4f7bb44639e4740b10317d9ee77e34
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple suspicious URLs points to a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/95568368632.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thebottombillion.org/business_school/uploads/file/liziguxipajufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fm9ib7hj6u73g0umn841c9rn9f/muzurisisebivepuxusiwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30886641838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c3c0b99d2---31132677598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posh.hr/files/jafuvupunedilozegas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/tibesowisana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1e1os9ses9o2p4af99te5kgg2/95679355817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/92204329301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/77198490063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40a5795a6d---6396320138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/030709066071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f06f07003---84929230873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/95481848968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/31736900246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesesobafovokobubugadeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualarchive.bg/files/gisatozobote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/62606289133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bc474ff53---66702662421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/64875957454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiswerte-unterkunft-papenburg.de/mediapool/dabolovirikuwowok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/61613600554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/at8mbdg8rdmfsb15m50qd2rkqf/bufobovimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/45473729582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/ci/userfiles/files/kalavuxolurenibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/buzagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a2dc0243824b0ac8819ae98e6160664/giluna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=bienes+y+servicios+economia+pdfPDF 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_off0000d067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD067 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 01fd0509634bd21efd3e05cf329aeef2b110ee464b866083c3ff4ae650498633
font_01_sfnt_off0000faf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF6 10868 bytes
SHA-256: ac90ae6f4e5933a162cc347f6c9d1bc756af95cdfde3d665d1e5b4b9be6cd3bf
font_02_sfnt_off00011420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11420 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1