Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff16979d9e0ff47d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:30:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ab05a019ebc19c47572e2ca500e4d584 SHA-1: 34570bd4afb850c2ede73e4f03ae26998ab763cb SHA-256: ff16979d9e0ff47d6e1fe83ea890d4a1c1170cda01b38797714c57144cc07888
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm on disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript stream and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users to external sites via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+american+horror+story+coven+online+free PDF link annotation
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71349290793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25831500163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161397b8b8848d---resezumiketurumoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cssh.es/img/file/texipiwigurubexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/lezifasusunobakoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmtshipping.com/attachment/file/26084524454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ce967e9eb---64738355984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qlinairnv.be/userfiles/file/8338934723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/mosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe9d28b7a8393fb9ac871ef7e3a66ad6/joxibiduledibiteli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincentianssjp.com/userfiles/file/wenisegejokopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvrhousing.com/uploads/45264329327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceelectric.ca/userfiles/file/57993562827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40622737160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pragatitic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67188609646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediagrand.hu/data/editorfile/xenew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e01abdfd4---wezovajowaninekikesizixit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sanjuktabanerjee.com/fckimages/file/36103647495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speedwayinfo.hu/uploads/file/74913213215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/38338046740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/gibemakavagosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turdv.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/49646338707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c66dc84952---sovibujugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/72360204000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santehsevast.ru/userfiles/files/benimuvikubalu.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_off0000d75d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF74 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 1813c8a6e3da24834cf72fb40836b26d53f340d7543547c654e4761ee1d3f0c5
font_02_sfnt_off00010821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10821 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 67d9e1bdddf915282231dae9f38a74ab23b7047d334b4e2761fe0629fec530d7