Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff5a4c370bd4fc3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:15:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9c61258e2c78b555ebab80902b3427cb SHA-1: 70e39bae5c274e8d5ec8632c4d7dbba272e55957 SHA-256: ff5a4c370bd4fc3e02d4673e6fae14d51a756c90d0af4fb77e815352638dbcc5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to download further malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/51807629730.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/xurav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf1a88fb6b---nafopunijotefidetuxisani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmhu.eu/uploads/uplib/file/pibirimelexagusomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3bbb162a6---wukewupumeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qfdlc2r34plm9i56mqigjpeim/bizawanubapad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/66969272882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54a536010b---27095791985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitutabepa.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613170001ca09---6457797799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9a7da302d---vigixolijubumigiboneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johncarroll1967.com/clients/1/18/1896e795ecc2602204d707ec4e69586f/File/48808401056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611aaa691f4ae---refazuxenizimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ff094e8403cf7da4a3a45805e8971ac/sarefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/91906347841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/rotosunokukexisulosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/en9i4pvsci900uiruumro4626u/sonafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavfelugyelet.megujuloenergiapark.hu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebelebamoxaxorub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/pagutivulaximisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/vaxazotetokeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f16babd52622ea04aac0bf08ab408219/dewafiwamet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/15761390873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a639d113932---biloger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=spelling+bee+word+list+for+grade+5+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_off0000ba22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA22 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 69adae632222811b975f3d1dc1e0ccb25ec38497015e8afe597b38138cea263d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3D7 18684 bytes
SHA-256: e77df5bfd7eead121ab8d916f1562a61ec5434a840a2fb148bc3af3e5a827884
font_02_sfnt_off000102b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1