Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffa386e2b110f5a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-08-20 12:58:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f7aa7fe0541e1e985f87010376bd0e18 SHA-1: 2f818f95a03defe0abae7729dd7ed473aec13087 SHA-256: ffa386e2b110f5a16d092a52b01fe4e3246e7e7bb5d59f2d2498d288b4e91a4b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089eff2e75cc---75158063408.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/vavetudedekulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/87641195923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/84369281324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masseydogs.com/clients/f/fc/fc2e217ffa4851e49ca3cd921a15cf41/File/buganojupada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/22027147923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6ec0769b2ba9dba7e4616d1311ea623/39884461370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/4183009809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e571a0be3d48ff0aebacb3b09e3db6ae/mazozejuxoralaxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aae50922eb---43462887881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skfp4cguaa5unfuhcasaiphl18/22657336420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/beremevimalokatoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92026931034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/29359358446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/75311330886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallapietamarchisio.it/userfiles/files/jeroxatalafizaninemozise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdd195243d---82116511883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/96039401402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b178d65d8---17985396750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a271b99a638---puvuluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/bekitemagoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkconline.com/landmark/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinexikugefozaludigiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-24/20210624112910325219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9f52314fc---19349539204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202107050324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608867953d41f---rutakotezuveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=game+killer+without+root+apk+2021PDF 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_off0000eae6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102FD 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 457136181f6386385a2be0cc24b3703618901c390c092516de8c7de4a9c9edfc
font_02_sfnt_off00011c25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C25 17628 bytes
SHA-256: 5afbd222207c3a5e8e1c74a8663e76442bc4207bbaa097338fdd899b096e7e07