Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff3165c70db9422d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:52:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c7570cb1346af18b6a5f5e067ffab6ee SHA-1: 18508fd897016dda7c26737b89d902da7c0d3fd7 SHA-256: ff3165c70db9422dcc363772491b0d58d2a0c52b1e67279df246400444c3887c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further support the conclusion that this PDF is used to distribute malicious content or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+eat+sitafal PDF link annotation
    • https://zibarajabi.com/cache/fck_files/file/wanuwigamavelebeniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/vifosetasatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4bb463214---zavatazesuxoxudavurawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609879ac5af89---tepewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/lisusawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/95260204281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daikinhbac.com/upload/files/furokezodulowakomipoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/91663494991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f534c5558fbef1273eb9a87fc5fb97b2/wenovewip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nm-union.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuzojubenonugaganejib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claudiodituri.it/uploads/45418034852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2e24b8721---foxabomimopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/24286447344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/daxuteluxisezigob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/47707876852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efdc1dc3bf4---14188017195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/89751085743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f67984a022d---55951777906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/wivateguwina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/16125130041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112ff77b0853---901816454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldtile.net/jangheung/userfiles/file/kokofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edab3f37c7---71240777747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1548da64126e5cf425512fa786ffc3db/19202257293.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_off0000c3c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3C0 15192 bytes
SHA-256: 70223b392155de2a18b88a5c6517b5880e20946fe42dc5adb8c66c295b10278f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010208.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10208 10080 bytes
SHA-256: b67ef747ed50c9cd429be9926a538f205ea015c25f68d7a84cdff828571169b2