Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff59677947acb643…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 22:15:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 99048ff7b44d4157ffdf54c9bc0d8401 SHA-1: 4dd9ca9806d753c499e06c3ac4af3f2f0495be8e SHA-256: ff59677947acb643857ac57f567b6ef995785073fde91f322a258be6c49e8408
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95q6a1oq7oor3i1pjiqeos23ia/lijamomul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/20476097744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7f5089010---93382967218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/fobimab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/605c34c732518f0695037c3098062588/99723256061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb8b9d4ff8696e0606b69da767c970c/89868361516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da73bff4f22f2bd0bd221ad2ee9f432e/41597278171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/gukukerezerazadakijapuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aea5ueuqrqhtl54ork8ge1ku64/jupodurubexini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdaurosa.com/Images_upload/files/26521673172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/kijososekitigigamepiwabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6049e81534---lifedonino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/vezapajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/793f608ad69cfdf14fc4ae7475c9e31a/90075858692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac656ecfc9a---nepebukofuporexomenonifeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/pulidesonivixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/7228239708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64bdb859c6---19242130453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-29/20210529042841973986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sukhabalka.com/files/file/31662197209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda5be09448---dusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5666b0423e---1691418447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusajivubekifiponigina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=note+file+to+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_off0000f91a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF91A 17948 bytes
SHA-256: ade1fd3dfda115611c6fc8a327f9524c82ef88877b57db35a396cf89c36bc5fe
font_01_sfnt_off0001283a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1283A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14050 9932 bytes
SHA-256: a345cd237d9e63d1be6cafeebf935db3f050a4a416eaee192c2cf67c277d0f4b