Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff38551156d27e9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-18 16:45:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 73ff4d3bc1a863c492c5bc7835ea296e SHA-1: 4a661f364d78b23e928cebf5a3a03ad8c1eb6e4e SHA-256: ff38551156d27e9d94bbd63ef25e7b3a400d63a0b14f1bcca79ad7acfb3957f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jalajawere.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071814c205fd---58852956001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdndp3k9cdlu6kr1va03ieipcs/43300644821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/75166627828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0093ba4176---33237107151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eol.org.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92850903118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e776f9182194223a48d23ab2631af24d/45308947234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3376661859---tawoket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e38a5aa8d1---74852278617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/44277157826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bcd95cf42515d0e563be3bd8a429282/46889550755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/41329453034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89577552147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1bdd36435---ramofaridufonekaxofosive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7pe9bg38ns8r5vo2bsbcp5sgr/11018117337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4645fad53a---vipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/gigivufepemiworim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1a05832f19---kajovikekofivesoxixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a34fe27336---rarazamikefamiwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c527a1b3769---xifuponejalobasotuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0ae12e06b---nibizazonelaxazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/zovaxijatomegise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95ab7a9667d7d1c3b3c1de5409b50f5/vokilopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+resignation+letter+formatPDF 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_off0000e63b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63B 16824 bytes
SHA-256: d8eac45c0aa9fdcd4cf377c754cbbc34a8edacf48b471b572eb7d8203fc49f3c
font_01_sfnt_off000111c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DE 10656 bytes
SHA-256: e12d1dc2ac147ff6e303e05a3a18e69a7058a2805b247741af00490f691e04b5