Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff4f582175eda28a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 02:57:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c512e4afe0bb7685cab16b55ad857bf9 SHA-1: 83a593add9ceee146e6f7f764b811cad685a7aab SHA-256: ff4f582175eda28a69d0ef8a793ce4e694f788428ed531bc839999aa8ba0567d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings indicates a deliberate attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users through a network of seemingly unrelated sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://unioncentralreunion.com/clients/3/3a/3acd25563584ef55397927d4124196c4/File/lupisaxepasobedaralozag.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/subon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f07eb40d3b842bb5d4bae89f0e91bcd9/pibomivonifotamelitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kizopiwoworebosejofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/72815957411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5lq2mqgg9l9fnl3gqbrelc17s/10145063676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b09fa110e4---wapenunasije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b520023622---xipalijawaxarepeworagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpbullies.com/clients/2/2c/2c827f09d77a589c2c5c7da8c033a3f4/File/26267118101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7c672649e---zurowenajenepadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/88567705246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fd0c0b500---woluximolosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c126eb2b12---konejovapesewujowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f78261dc64a86b4b3da78e0067e5d38e/xobegubixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sambometal.com/dataroom/file/62369713000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/30542379304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f14a4e68d251118e78390d478c76b5/58653441691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/36447246277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071303fab8af---vuloremezosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/79711711570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/22682815087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/162652032555507652522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/56311222008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+juegos+para+psp+android+apkPDF 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_off0000e81b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE81B 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 625a74b977d1e169ee6d6449f134254040c3d638315e61b240ea6bf860260e75
font_01_sfnt_off000116e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012eff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EFF 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 5bc2e7d7670335d2eaa010dfeac26e72693825688d62fac4a64ea783fc6a3081