Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff2aeaf13512268f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:16:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2fa9f9c9066d1cf8d4c4952b2ab756cc SHA-1: ed9acb2f83c5f75c4e4ffaa42794378130a4d796 SHA-256: ff2aeaf13512268f2971da181f1662b693d6e219f99c715fe03226b3cba2d5d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute the embedded JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/wanosagovetosomafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fa08edd35ad4ab297e1705edd11a24b/vitopeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rg4e7nu695duuabm7b438ei76/mebeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujiwuvomelomilatep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e0d52c177---76119341552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/61799560061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/witepuwigomekodavoxakimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/pawuvedelefexetugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/dalofekutujirojuguvosuxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b668de995a4---tesufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsydesign.com/userfiles/jws/files/poginekaluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/momebewegobezufuvawose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/18718407189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casavacanzesanvito.eu/userfiles/files/bezazafiwonajanunuzibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609461cacb780---rudovonife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourpreferred.com/userfiles/files/53664937071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210626003151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/77222929494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0366b7c97e8eb11590e85233389dfbc/bejaxudadofozuzut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854f5195014---91238589259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e97d3a1a5bd---17731947640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmnb0aj3ibj94i0cdoa0nlna15/79604020109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=consenso+asma+pediatria+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_off0001214a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1214A 19196 bytes
SHA-256: e24bf99d17143620ab83015fc76291eecd8cb5c708d638be37c0b1147f761e49
font_01_sfnt_off000153a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016bb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BB8 10644 bytes
SHA-256: b658c28e74ea18a704c47786863b2af4ef59fe6183b43ed18134350f0d12c3b8