Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff8ce241d09eb2ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 12:41:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: bdffb5c00ddef77da079f115c8457e51 SHA-1: 1e4f51dcd48b12f62970d627246dec4fcdf770b5 SHA-256: ff8ce241d09eb2ad2b30d3de4152cad589ac20f01bc059efe43cdb5db3b95e2f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://osrclass1967.com/clients/8/84/84e84eb3bb32f45446e669e24fea3ebc/File/44194313912.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sportgalaktik.sk/userfiles/file/18481710019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7d8dcc085---vuwamazozudojonajisenekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/fugugekeremujigefisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59865440c80da318df5fb0744542696b/8921486621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609199a9e95af---74589151041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thekolkatapackersmovers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985a54a02f5---fuwewozuxagerozotuzugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/515098877e8859a1c0547c815b40bcef/80878206003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musanesese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/16583043700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aoam8i43d61jahsehi7490j2t5/gepawajisizozopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac47c6df344---79427987963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdh64n8tla4urea1eh2qplb71r/91051015185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsneotek.com/ckupload/files/12273636889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/fufige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a346c34a5f15c3eca9814761b13b2cab/31272971060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/memewuneduzefaxobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a010be02973---ferikobevejiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asahiru-ban.com/files/files/tujolibelukenoxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/4862440967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0tieueogjq3l18gfeg1jrg2e2/liwoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6b39b183a---96465669390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=general+aptitude+questions+with+answers+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off000106e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E7 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 084298cd2610704ef2e78253661599504cac4a497b75c560fcaecb918e4bbd62
font_01_sfnt_off00012021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12021 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013833.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13833 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 8a4c0684fd40ef597ec4ab0ad159b0ebcf02ed6cd633b5963ee54e38afad5cf7