Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff5ece4da5e3cd9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 22:47:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e4ca111317c48617e4e1c8f1bb0cf794 SHA-1: 01e5f501a8dec94df2199af34e5c2b0764730319 SHA-256: ff5ece4da5e3cd9f6147d6a2202c1fb90d1ac5cd1cf97a757086d54de9d59fb7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malicious redirection scheme, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da7f997ce26---81490516769.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872b7c7a4ad---79140588007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/nuxapekoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/80848124068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/22056338958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hsvqib7uphdg6rk0sflbdflg6/vuxufetoxatavuxofanaviwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/bugilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63le03piiavgedljc1t21evkkd/lodelenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe29c47e526536a2f4bd630897f7ab5/14535547341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0b01a21d2---lobani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/kozisupusobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eiq2d7ovdbugm3nsju1mrfdlp5/fugofudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5cb3cfc68---55267536597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/gagorigisavewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daxitrip.com/basefile/daxitripcom/files/pirosagerasajizabuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/26198542425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/64278515898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721895923ab---fumozerozeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/warosawufirunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843f7e7e363---bamixemopiwixipuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160badb801472d---85428221369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/52547966370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqqvmbb77qq7h22qsvr3u8l217/41502029829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c935c95573fb45e11ac9c548803d6eb0/56080898415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holyfamilycyo.org/clients/37654/File/31868121518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/wuwopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=defining+and+non+defining+relative+clauses+exercises+pdf+with+keyPDF 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_off0000e107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE107 16376 bytes
SHA-256: 26eb20b0448b176673c79c02dc6a0475393c2e068bddc74d2bd01ff40a6978d5
font_01_sfnt_off00010b88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001239f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1239F 11460 bytes
SHA-256: dc56d4e5a719721c7a651e6beca840ea349c76815091964e88c464a8adb5034c