Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff39aae966d051be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-06-13 18:50:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 91659222c99cc0e552890e6e6040b28e SHA-1: ad364940ab074a060971ba83a48e3c9cd7540d69 SHA-256: ff39aae966d051be91ecf4a546c9f1d4ea9f2124437283c51d489788c91bdf65
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=buderus+logamax+plus+gb072+24k+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a91c7efe8---midakupinogepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdv27hjhtrnbnj4785b09tf477/magilinabirabukebebulan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c312a0ab971---gowokogaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9d679bd671ba8f3530fb710f0c6bf1f/21911814206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac34d39fbd---75294112933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/24203222664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9emp55g6mspanalpg362avobu6/katiwogoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/noxinezolejuxudamufinemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79345640470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090cc3933a7a---77130505797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/fiwafuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/281345354018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b65f9c2f17c9b072fe8c56b25f262315/fukonajuxelovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87f172b8eb45aa86dea579dbbb8e74ce/86968505980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saptpadi.com/files/file/majavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfruu8kv20r5keme48cueu3prc/62823099401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ff7722095---lepisakotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f22de577e023f1655b7662e5aeb1a925/kemijajemiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C1B 5796 bytes
SHA-256: f77e41bb1f13097b7f34d436f4a2ea8a0c5cd9955aeef037d1e3bf4317d358e0
font_01_sfnt_off00014fbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FBD 12992 bytes
SHA-256: 3fe2fbb6dd313bebc90ddea4792b8ff559fd081be867b2271cb9d2aaf723b99f
font_02_sfnt_off0001786e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1786E 4324 bytes
SHA-256: cd94ef65598b1866d0653cdd88243d989fd81359c0e770c2d3a4858f1c2f6d34