Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff7e4d8df316cd5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 19:33:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8233a0649da4e03d972fa79410c55528 SHA-1: 394236d95f7e702fdcf3797b71600d77d1f265f4 SHA-256: ff7e4d8df316cd5a4903f69a49b57c23e483f7cbc55cb01015bbb286f4e87ae3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress uploads or disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of PDF link farms often involves JavaScript to facilitate redirection, suggesting an attempt to lead users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c8ffd8669f4c0ca4ec9c8850ec22ecf/sepudabagamosupepoduko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ic3senjvp5b7pp2o9ad80kkjc5/40334109342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nagsa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaradevukidumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a853795ebd---rerejakawakiwuvijijiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0672cbb684---gapupebirulasalapokavova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3ebd3b501dfc26f9621a65a85b43f3/73772165301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb5bf8fbade0b6ca2f63844d3a6d5dec/degazuxodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/vexuvafavepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6pd3t8lfhd75k3ifgp9nvgua2/kosegakulasigunokaputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722e62a6f42---gewoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/vinorizitugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83405cb5d935a0e84cde3ec98e988eb9/14703847177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57aa4236b5---77589927856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4f6cbff05---43702171160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3f61980c1---gisonivukudunineziju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2a39738a1---28257968682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/28352381621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotupomimilurojosukab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a665nsf86nn3utst07paj8miqn/33319960750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a036aca4f82---gojafamudatafija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/zufedudunizavepinenixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f24e4448bea3f8b53f74493331a472/wafarevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/91053713819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/61751021099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5e69c32ccd---terinilutunisawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=why+are+you+here+today+interview+answerPDF 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_off000101af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101AF 10656 bytes
SHA-256: ead20e5648ed88b831c2e97cfee0d4ca36766eb1a986c3326127c2b8c6e1ae7e
font_01_sfnt_off00011a26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13238 16864 bytes
SHA-256: edee83b655c3789e288f40658dd2333106d479a092aac8ecd5856941c687cd58