Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff6607d232dbffee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 19:17:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 49ba10dd989991810004d95eefda671e SHA-1: 499a1312dd6fdca1c008b51e254df5fd29c91430 SHA-256: ff6607d232dbffee979c3f1df5274c2c46c05afe6ed34f330387528c796aac2e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the PDF is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a malicious PDF designed for redirection.

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://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767eb85b663---losekawujatu.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0264709895071e30918f1cb99ec39cf/89894521255.pdf
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/49265631484.pdf
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/riramapipumomokifepurizev.pdf
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/webesirajige.pdf
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/fujaxagazoxiwavagar.pdf
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/478e4c16c769f1ac53ac853e37cc5846/58486728478.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4a5ded650---57318256701.pdf
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/22449106574.pdf
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f38729561f---58909536569.pdf
    • https://lonnebacka.se/anvandarbilder/126/files/33912871697.pdf
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/86304949659.pdf
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/nagitalubiwudigaz.pdf
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/tatubifanug.pdf
    • http://www.klimavill.com//data/editorfile/wobijalasumiwew.pdf
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754ede83d40---90275810704.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2aba64e93---9351894378.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8c8361284---9106062016.pdf
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e00a1b8d61eceabb27aad57cf01ae4a8/78710811361.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2305de1de6---16838149669.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2a02b677f6f64c3512bf46e8380fe6c/27955152415.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad90626ba6---51467617881.pdf
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922c6a02236---73893125079.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=periodic+table+review+worksheet+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010216.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10216 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a28.bin
73c367b7867dd7f7e4c8748f4e6491d852302f68cd66a4e7cfa51a254c43cb36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A28 17668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000147a4.bin
40d866397c7bf7238c9c8f750f41e86349fd87bad36abba4606be0543e5d682b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147A4 11000 bytes