Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff196e0cc06ea854…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:43:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 494cbaab41dc90bae2cfddeae70400a0 SHA-1: e495d60ccd92e47fba25100c0f0fe6937b367d26 SHA-256: ff196e0cc06ea854e4ac2cff907146f200c9fba43c82618c314e627cd0fa7f2e
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 document also features a large number of external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e46c3b934d09d42eb2efd3359fd02b1d/lolawimugofo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qgmtelj9u5f01ijqcm5tcr4n1/58059690130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c655182536bc921865fbcfbd81abe9f1/dujisawepixaribelisewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/wisowamimitanafame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/dogitiferenagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t954hottsssaav9ft3t4ojh77j/44860029386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f21d1740b8---kubebunufaxilasujarid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butagallery.com/userfiles/files/88687464306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97c8fe1049---sodotizowanotagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1gvakfm43mh9rhs4tqvh1gav0g/55215330932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/38129006592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofa0r5n7m9g54q195kuqopslq3/54214095324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcrqdd9lkv1p55ov442cb9d2hr/degiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb3491ef8074001977f5efbaf8e44f0c/lurowofaxirarajisuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysidehighschoolclassof59.com/clients/867562/File/38567648412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5414c9114cf37f675464da9eef5b9779/34237156261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075234c93db7---dubevezitasujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/56339568120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/37338406263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fid-data.fr/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/25775343394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cnfftmadl7t2qvlcgjvai8v4fh/28224292475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/6277621328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingtassinari.eu/userfiles/files/58497083412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=bsc+physics+honours+1st+year+notesPDF 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_off0000ee34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE34 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 81756a8885e8aa7d10647c9142b163412a5f075a99d10f772b8fa9dce1a1fbb4
font_01_sfnt_off000117fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117FC 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 7638cef4142d3a35ebf320643efb9d03595ebc43572c1ed246369bc199c6ea15
font_02_sfnt_off000130d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1