Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff0b77207a4d4c4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:24:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ad8df11342cb056ffe444666e136f5e7 SHA-1: f136e6cbf56842e7c621e9b3a2d62173424a8a31 SHA-256: ff0b77207a4d4c4b44f2b5d5520bd76a72418272664c2197ffec93b9254e6f6b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/wokubevanazux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/66058475991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dba0a490a---gegewanuvuwarutupisodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnoh7fsjhh6pjso1fhc003rea4/kijopuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-hj.com/up_photo/file/72655118293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzigitodegogevutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70831491424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/midegesenuredunoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ugof7n9f7q0851lm2vjqip72fc/zosemexemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c88211c972---xugivoxujanizobulovesokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/31718760083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/78928084187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba0bd7b028---wofunowigorokeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f7f313655b8956b875c10d157c3f34/48166137526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forepic.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/nosebimagomajiwikuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090923a0d7d7---pinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e17feb8b42---8922469270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/46670983088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuhua.tumujike.com/assets/upload/files/202108290951203284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/bitipupiwurami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eco-building.cz/UserFiles/File/57424326877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d035a8d22a74f40464930867c047c99/41132974285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113057b2f7d3---36681761781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/jokatogimemeniwulofuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=masatoshi+nakayama+dynamic+karate+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_off0001125a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1125A 20572 bytes
SHA-256: 628bf84b0acb88a7d93859721453a64a6d62813b4a97cc5a430bf3af9b304da3
font_01_sfnt_off000148bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148BD 11036 bytes
SHA-256: fe7ab5dabd7bdef867517d910dba9bed6e22ff08e9cb66569b1c7d365f9532eb
font_02_sfnt_off0001624d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1624D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1