Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff8c37c70159b237…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 20:35:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ec9be2e20340bb29a9f633afabc58454 SHA-1: fc331d06bb9962e6848e795e55f3086fff6b2b95 SHA-256: ff8c37c70159b237ff88aa1173365aec1c8505bf7232b7206e8f94b61a2b0998
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=letter+template+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/zugesulewegoribo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nnejgbgk2ivu12njctkki3hd3/bemebujanebozawimeduviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/28326160184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/4708979848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/929d02f6eacc56fb8215aae635aaa27d/konefixujegojiliwepape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5be537ca5a8b793af3b5267e0d8e9eb/7013402195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d48593c617b056125a3db2a094429419/suvufibewabesos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2797a8e28---99414346003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a649075540b---73456646259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/jerolibuzopotafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a762e6aa575---23817068676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/96923205332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgvu2a54vb5cebl3nhslslar2h/87119027076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd51f52795---biputeluludibofejavukubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuzfarm.ru/images/file/xogubesofemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccc178c61f---duvuwegaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71790718817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/zokafelawib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef8221822d---97640152738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungcungoaigiao.net/uploads/files/29849355927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1a5d7551cf---pasozosuzifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc8893ba589---giborivevezikevigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66a4c17036---42198805314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607048d033999---34996280827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13829ea628e7813a8aac5d3ec7595274/jewizefebawajixewa.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_off000121ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121ED 10132 bytes
SHA-256: aa364305c14769903d03390747564bbe13aad4595e42b20f78cb1fecf6dd37fa
font_01_sfnt_off00013889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13889 17252 bytes
SHA-256: 7e6abfd6f35e86d47ae20457c60bb575a5ecd00ac522070b7931f5e17b093380
font_02_sfnt_off00016575.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16575 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1