Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff99fa6aedff8b08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.9 KB Created: 2021-07-17 03:56:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 33cb91d0fac2953ad1588b7ed9cb8bea SHA-1: 6144ffe2c090484c0a0758f1a3bbd9b38c5421a4 SHA-256: ff99fa6aedff8b0828540fed02dcf11c7d31bf48d6c0ce2032f6034ec95c231d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9682

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/jadoke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b330bd83d334aa4573b84348cec432da/zekigumemubesix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c48e014ff0---xozemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a600fa50cf73666229dfaf24da60640/68923673319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d714b8342---fisatoxamalawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/88361454423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephlillianmorrisfamily.com/clients/59960/File/33937380571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/jasurevunazagotewemenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e46290334---4530554328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/60671604304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/216f58ac37e1ca05aeefa924098d1a77/pakarejenilenitaniwened.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54c2ccffbcc48e10360c02cd935951c5/titadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f446cda7ab---84871315977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/jibozeligiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607598e16b695---43223401588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf7a686a4a1c225fd171d8cd1e861b6/junimimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e8442afc0---vakat.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/88363037073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mgbaf4adbs1bd2i.net/upload/ckfinder/files/wurulifuzozozedagipoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/35864607409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74478289549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oosuhlopkhn28os2j4i7o1057q/22202329257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/dexapewinonejijofemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dph2g2o6pevb9km715llhsv5q0/73510805196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havanic.com/cache/fck_files/file/xevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fd14f186c084495c077dd363e475bd3/87018422619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=computer+science+class+12+textbook+pdfPDF 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_off00011934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11934 16248 bytes
SHA-256: 6c7e1b754cf38ee70ad76cb780c90d71dc4ff6fc3e14eab78a91c98fc4406452
font_01_sfnt_off00012f04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001471b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1471B 11416 bytes
SHA-256: 5616b9f4d67284be1a528072f58c3cad03535e1c63d697c1c02cece768096684
font_03_sfnt_off000161f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161F4 18076 bytes
SHA-256: f896a4c1a3b903cb992020523d29a0f007fedb9b833cc645a15f4f9accd87ec5