Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffaa37ab5d2c1390…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-30 11:48:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ed32ffa53d4fdbc89e453e0792e8e45a SHA-1: 4dcdacaa3af707d68eff53702840d4e0b3f88273 SHA-256: ffaa37ab5d2c13901fff86f18150bf104de572c56053d0bced16e5810c6982fa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised or suspicious domains reinforces the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xapiwesaze.pdf
    • http://www.zdravotechnika.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fufosomuvalejobupur.pdf
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/428ede99aaf961179abec03660180dba/96366097334.pdf
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/70012152122.pdf
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/tuserig.pdf
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/sisifufokiroxusefubipopox.pdf
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f95d69e149---jewixexokexarito.pdf
    • http://otevrel.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84080592773.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e22d28d87038a105161051903dbd7a92/39846896886.pdf
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/vixuvakoxolivef.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137992288efe---sizupusegotamorojaviruwe.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fdb392bbd5---4253852128.pdf
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/71211107270.pdf
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-13/20210913005923845875.pdf
    • http://mbp.hastatis.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/gavewupusimiwiboro.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161503eccb8eb6---51848474589.pdf
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/kekakakenakaz.pdf
    • https://cfbadalona.net/ckdata/files/46655048012.pdf
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/tironamugopuzobi.pdf
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/mujinute.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409fefb9a7f---22680271378.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+lose+weight+fast+on+duromine+30mg
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b347.bin
90bb02fb1fbfd0594111bf64dec1b1ec115210161fce76cd63b121280f5f43b4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB347 11272 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd60.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD60 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e572.bin
0bce51f84f8ffba2551af91ca6ce6258f84241795ba2692ef66c6fa0a4ae4e6f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE572 17864 bytes