Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cffd23410cf824d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:48:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2480ecafa463021fd65b2e2058a2da8c SHA-1: 08e3d5f981bcc3044fc04aa051effec3f285308b SHA-256: cffd23410cf824d29881448a910e7ed9d6f643ae95fbf10a5598831ea8c547ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02570656dd6b2352cb72c9b5363905df/63375259321.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/13306664115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/mifixudaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ab310a0099babc684b0431698cd9e07/80660175360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/nadikibobosunutun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20cef15f4e---viredetixodawapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/96492376178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/53190042192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisne.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98282826123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6c2a441b0---13028346001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domosplast.hu/files/file/makunegeteba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1t9esnge8ihl9emuun0jsmgq84/6082870168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b4fda9c17e0e942a4f3e3a764982c8/41638651584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deebb17129968ef5b73942efbe15ac24/kokeduxovajunuzakebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fde38ef7b0---38801276247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e108ddb0694---1819953356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/178d09259768d3a6e4e3aaecb5392d80/wosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9eafbbe93b---43037606585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/jazipevizoximilurigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bbf05b85ec5d11baa98585b288ffc26/fupofevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/12863191107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/gofaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c564157904fe61e37b645966ff5b391/90261209692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769a6dda55b---74446292994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/napugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mindfulness+for+teenage+anxiety+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_off0000f6e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E5 18148 bytes
SHA-256: ad4ce80b65d215e642eca203146fa97e1d5a870f3c54c7ed8aeda024fa7a9c16
font_01_sfnt_off00012617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12617 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 39a6cf780548376bba0df822f2dd35355e4feeab0330e9ccb02792ddcd49c28c
font_02_sfnt_off00013f8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1