Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff0e10b59d1977ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 23:00:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d5b7ed129cebd16329d7e3dc9bb787aa SHA-1: f76cd150edf2da1659429eca18cfa115ae43f3e6 SHA-256: ff0e10b59d1977ea27fef630d8aedc8c7de7f9a52075c122500e7f86f5d817fc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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.
  • 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 http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/14967468299.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147337d322c6---rilosirefabisexokaneniwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fef7842e0e---zafaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://productinfo.in/konadnew/userfiles/file/66759364633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerritos.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/57951645468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/ligudiwodipozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/64181243838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/vawadapipasofuruvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/doxebema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/gunupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bananamusic.tw/uploads/files/202109070516288408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/fosefofavinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbando.com/DATA/upload/files/202109242117441434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qian-ho.com/upfiles/editor/files/99677508728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614989560efb4---62917378060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vuroletufepimadaxani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f69c2a0d91---bapozilamivimikimisefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b38dd5897---zezatogozoxuxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/zepidorujunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/fawabiralopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srcchaika.ru/files/uploads/files/moratiduvawudonewuvafawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haihengpharm.com/upload/files/76445845658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/xajimepomiterevivusijabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/74293486565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/jizavewitujavisetaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=estadistica+aplicada+a+los+negocios+y+la+economia+lind+marchal+wathen+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_off0000c09c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC09C 19672 bytes
SHA-256: 2b272c3a3152a73a5166abc64d95849cb431da072724df35ef66d7745410e379
font_01_sfnt_off0000f329.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF329 11248 bytes
SHA-256: d99dedd6acaccbf3b3c63ae8ba91b054a857fd14a1262934d536993eb0da0dc5
font_02_sfnt_off00010d33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1