Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff82e21fdb9a098c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 08:13:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5860582ad5e5efd96dbefba7393bf67c SHA-1: 51095ba30b8f9714c441c0a041db252924cb97bb SHA-256: ff82e21fdb9a098c4fddde47766ddcbbfef8ca22d42aeec265222aa5a9899c70
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f655654424---lopipomo.pdf
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/715066ca3d5e705735bcb1bba24dab77/68198878590.pdf
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/zomubofazomariwuxiveno.pdf
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecef8cfc65acd17264858ac370c61a93/limaxilaxanutitizixomi.pdf
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///98295388884.pdf
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/59642105773.pdf
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23079096085.pdf
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34e77cdd43ac3729471f62f4678a972/97205811214.pdf
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p8s95n29a1kqkdcblprk69od6s/vikozusazewa.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc909e8171d---39666462674.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b114b6d7e99---vedodasemalapal.pdf
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejoxunaro.pdf
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911cb6655fd---jedupovodofozagonobi.pdf
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/663de5c4699fc5cdab404736121c879b/79492904363.pdf
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/fotepu.pdf
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/34229942470.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=probability+for+risk+management+solutions+manual+2nd+edition+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_off0000e8ec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8EC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100fe.bin
14eaf9b8205eb670fcf90db37f56434b5ac60ad52080cdf2e8ca049200fd62bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FE 17932 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012edf.bin
7410199fc15dbf9df7c81ed09e33378405ca978dcbc1ee54ba4346fbba86cd4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EDF 11408 bytes