Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff992a6502d5a205…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-08-19 23:34:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 107c67cb4d5c2159cfe5acd2d799185d SHA-1: 81cc6509a19d33ec98851ef9e2675ce0bb3c7fbd SHA-256: ff992a6502d5a205cc8229d561c7435cf9fca73217af1f00f0618d9e99b0b43e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggests the PDF acts as a lure to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9653

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a60e27ac2---30500249785.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/sasedipofuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-1/20210601173032201408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euredit-editions.com/userfiles/file/18782997162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede3bee81cc---lititido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/86960952273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.com/files/usersfiles/files/37234335641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3677f3663ceb5ca9175270a98ed6242d/xobazitoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/magezajemobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standardpromotion.com/images/upload/userfiles/files/zinokojizuvewibadabaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/vokujeparixatupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/nuvafirefokatiduxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewtch.com/upload/files/vasujuvofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b2fd6f2dc---mikubepefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/73925057071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leciv.fr/uploads/FCK_files/file/busewemipido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalboncostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/87353552333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/zegizenolomovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ed0c3565f---nemuwizebukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd9e00f97b---girowajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valenciamaids.com/userfiles/files/vabowibelexunapusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8121f6b23cdc8153cdb8dcd34550ddc8/mirugunovagipawagejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/39117834830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a29e459442ad73a8b25da954bd26861/80944368544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/dikagoludekakezomas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northern-japan.com/image/upload/File/jokubireg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+do+eyebrows+makeup+black+girlPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF238 17896 bytes
SHA-256: bbec50a14a15a6b5fd830c025a91b19f5f0919cc7beb8c50e3b0642f8f1158cf
font_01_sfnt_off00012094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12094 11276 bytes
SHA-256: f1158cdd57d13547d3d95f2a0dbb4e3356ea8fc54b8bf5b68b8ffc8245253187
font_02_sfnt_off00013ab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000152c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152C4 16572 bytes
SHA-256: adc3a919485a1fd568386e5745f1f5f32987729737b9c4fed734941aa606a88e