Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff4261a42ca937f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:53:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fce549ba1828c06c8755b0e81f42e0b4 SHA-1: f127c5bd35a10840c7877a65ea4a5ad6ca760fc7 SHA-256: ff4261a42ca937f82d59feca0b6429d41136801d21da4d7039aff051fc5c1af1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting an attempt to disguise malicious links. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of the file, pointing towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68800268ff3f010eccecb43dbb83e456/66753503144.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/13994607092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/6126610689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwaywest1974.com/clients/861606/File/9666294087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/jatemufasegamubuzisin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/juxotexefozajaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be3a3a958f---54348122333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungototuanphat.com/img-tvdl/files/82775829322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrocare.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reritelezepekogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watsonwilliamsreunion.com/clients/82103/File/nupiwodejufojuxodetej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/54623248226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dad96ceb6bd34cc4759139fb59284ecc/mobelomevugigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0c2eb2f51---tokokowalipuvugidunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30b55ccb176170ac53abd9794acabb61/49130867526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/24253562093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/82959418116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/jimilodapujasepexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/zepezigawuxetevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a6bf07d2d---nexuxesesizetevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santehnika34.ru/images/file/desofeguxiseputadiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/87702348851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d91ff1889---nuzexagalun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0g3fr7hm2o9c92o011fvktagp/89121035533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdb1fb1fd74---29604071102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=assonance+examples+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_off0000dd80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF592 17924 bytes
SHA-256: fcec51b2c14403a4658b6b7020e7fbbd2a050b6671b1053866d6df55025d6892
font_02_sfnt_off000123b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B8 10572 bytes
SHA-256: e671d6fef614792269b71fde9346f0209e06a3cb3350aad1d03946034cf0de93