Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffa5138a7ab9bdc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.2 KB Created: 2021-06-18 06:36:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 62f3a98e64b7aca830d2d4fcf74fb297 SHA-1: 786321172adbf2cb729b4edc0bde4c91d601e59c SHA-256: ffa5138a7ab9bdc8d664d45bcab1ac7751878225c8458c802b377949eb3f76c8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to a popular movie, likely intended to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/wiseretokinuwokureputi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/bugaxexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ef6335a49---46419625827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/88886186700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bydnjl.com/userfiles/files/78679376947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0v8cc2i76pu5tl8q70mpcsdb77/rojujuneruwowazubigimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fce8614f5b37e60daccee773c9897f98/96131383064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55a3082b83f56503a90238a478537b1f/bubuxetupuvojojajojipuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9869969ca8f76a08d1cfb8b5c624393f/17258591384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8146e476d6---piromofodudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/pajumesuwekimisijupogafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc770434be---86133642893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/zutizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca972b905bec691a1491e7758a1d96fa/modopemebawuwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/44228288384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/nawuzorinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=allu+arjun+new+malayalam+full+moviePDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b8da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8DA 5052 bytes
SHA-256: 7f1aaeef6a05eb5dc009ec5f3eace4a0c28fefa6af5eeef3c0f6c76a7d9d0ec9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA14 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 82c11f70816a7b0ee3f7a87bf19a8aa4c99bde8a0b640a4ba7a6b0230d1e8f81