Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff26cbc711733c5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 00:59:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6ff3e7e0655ae3b2b7fee1d5bf1c4ceb SHA-1: 21f688b30376ef3c96d884a3926a69eaa40c54e5 SHA-256: ff26cbc711733c5a2ad0d7bff44a25dae301b61657d1af219e707d42147e4888
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts hosting PDF files within WordPress plugin upload directories further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d231a4ed90a---mipapulifuxovixeropu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25b46ba3be---11477066795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc92479e45---tabafifakerugokuperipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02b7257a1043914a319c40f6372aeef3/81450185822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a80a9ptr8grirmfdpeia3ba9f3/82201579474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8902e6c168b88cb1eb32167a2961a398/26587145507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f682c3857---35528797983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2054f075fe55d9a3c99369a801d83476/lutamafopojoratof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/23492694063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429101016734464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24dbd6ce3912648e6ce2aa02508de8ef/gimun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e41ebd8be---97905506822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8kncov6uunkh64b8snr28e8vk/86219868137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macphersonproperties.com/clients/876251/File/rexupilukijidamariwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/togilikikosabozilek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868fbfcfa2c---81737869930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb6c407b4d---54577091722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/rurukuzelifatalorolesedap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interno-kazan.ru/upload/files/12434065878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6uathi8fq3baurbsk26ieec0f2/318296120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce32d9629d7---valupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fec7a5469efb203160bb310b030b004/65450676250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/237e14d98becab2e2280b0e29a7ea5d0/kaboxizasajuvupurarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e1b5c9035---soweraparodarobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/659e3459df9f1b583962393ebd8cd1de/49625085774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+logistic+regressionPDF 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_off0000f002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF002 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 06e32b76ee51d18bbb3a31e67fc4ca51b07400a691eace95b0fb1a2e3c1bad84
font_01_sfnt_off00010849.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10849 17032 bytes
SHA-256: e029eb5ef18bd9946d0788916ab4ffa6aa97f7f4a06570d31fa8069cca21c159
font_02_sfnt_off000134df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1