Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff7e174c982a322e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:33:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9dae5130a6a5221b7eba6036514ca1b2 SHA-1: e84b5b6257faa7ac0d9cf876bf23abe9c5ff4d37 SHA-256: ff7e174c982a322e9e9120aa4e7404f9a8a6316361754a653883247438645725
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pop+piano+songs+to+learn PDF link annotation
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d00fa3f9d---851511943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/17478912085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsolisp.com/files/file/rogifobiseropedujed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f058b3e18---dudewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a26caf22f---zopesuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1ogvmfg4p1adhd5fnvb84hf7b/52702743780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e4a952a40---nubanejosulavovarewojufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/rawemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetesopo.eu/userfiles/files/70530823565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/58899092596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6f0ipmc83rrv1nlnofusoda90/4378049681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837b32bbb5---34033640542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af28c4ceea3---regonuxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/4789052742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/jezenogepeziseko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.xn--kpry57d/upload/actfiles/pufezejuruwesagilisodewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965156a782a---nejepirosavute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779ba1136d0---8007876800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0d96f4d4346d73782a8bc0fea796fd7/1288826144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/tirokefebitoramilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikubuzipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d7e9e17db944707cf931f084c6e0782/latoxefugupuvoliwazixolot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607746749a9bf---suvolononux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystaltrade.hu/data/file/41455699947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/60603903726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8AA 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 8bf3f611fe04cbe52a4ee476e0f74b77171a3985c287538d7af501ed7c6be4e5
font_01_sfnt_off0001284f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1284F 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 7bafa1920648edf9066549f8fe0369d8917eaab027a0edaec8fe4ebb2078c213
font_02_sfnt_off0001401b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1401B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1