Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffa711c494acf3c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-07-21 04:49:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4ef7482584f889b4b319004e711b1262 SHA-1: abf0c09659783dd7188dc10cb5412531bb8da682 SHA-256: ffa711c494acf3c937901b2d8fad5497a234880ca8fd2c4359d3f4aa80939160
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af66f49894a22644a99f5c7b04b4ce9e/vogodol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murotosanizefedutowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjvpgo9ueai73k6ll93lv0pj5j/fizosoxegivexakutanazum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7c98c1d4c---jarevaxubutagose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a028b5a14e05f2a7a9dddb7279413d1/47941635243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde6f8716289f163887c76e185bf0500/81529395928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/nudagiwubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/56674116738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/51213671376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessicarossitto.com/clients/7/7c/7c16b8c799dae9ffcd1258f31d6ff645/File/97644621759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/kalefufixemanube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7iioijlof3efq4t4liuj3pl463/24591646871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/54009672009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c355ce6c8b3---2084208280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b4eb66f29---46887863816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01fc9db7074589e015112b5feaefa54/42544730710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/witasem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/wubibekenezolukavij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nzmbc1611.com/clients/e/e6/e6eb4f38db7021b04b945082fca6026d/File/97320886937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/namawukodumodejenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/xuratib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/46710374940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b2456074e---laxititesinubogibekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d6c660613---27162611286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07n8hmkhts55jdno6jus5m81i4/xuteputexizevaraveturikoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=bad+words+with+kPDF 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_off0001094c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094C 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 84bf842245c78a52f3b63d55b63bb464e17dfe47d82048c4683d1d9459b9167e
font_01_sfnt_off000137d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D9 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 18137d694db3c0185fa7c3a977b9960ba15cd188b47f8a639b0529ff118621e3
font_02_sfnt_off00014f43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1