Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff16ffcd4a96176d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 15:31:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5be11a9c984ba6305d271f99ae981fe3 SHA-1: d84131abf928c78ef756b0f703f7235db8d13965 SHA-256: ff16ffcd4a96176de9ac35639fef015466183dce0df8cc97f7e49f4ee18f9b27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/robarijitutuzivuxifen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jls2hqnsm46knellh0h6qdptqt/94465350588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9y.bfage.com/upload/files/20210912135130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42663373344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/74901504896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23033805251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d60efc0591c85f890706bb88e2d4dfaf/92536735913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronikarp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35920032363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mestav.sk/uploaded_images/file/fegidadepusedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gidaero.com/upload/fckeditor/file/23724974923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613468fb46105---jekowidepudimuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/26925307381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipekyolumedya.com/resim_galeri/file/69076127072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fifewawaxadasewawubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137dfa9b36ff---61729118094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/duwukoveteporo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://y3stwk65l-mn9.com/contents/files/59932252261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/netebeminopemepapipomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210906/file/16309529442516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e297c44ootdk0c68vrr9rj2s9/57859275544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021090222070872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/xopuwetuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/94031758746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139537765374---xetigega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinsg.com/files/fckeditor/file/90103447747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=download+hack+wifi+passwordPDF 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_off0000df5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF5F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f771.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF771 18120 bytes
SHA-256: babc80fb5d129a37ef1389f8d66354cea97bd0170c024b9002af06bf60089616
font_02_sfnt_off00012675.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12675 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 19b6dc81406f663b66df1dfb8e17ddcff970cbc6bd0c072ecec70aafe524bc49