Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffaa9b9c52f1a8ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-06-12 22:56:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: cc5bffe45d1cfa49a51821b3301924b9 SHA-1: fb9323ffe5b32fdb9a0072c54f784ca5dba14065 SHA-256: ffaa9b9c52f1a8efb964252671323e6ee7c90fedcffa64a2a49907a2e113a063
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9744

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+unlimited+uc+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3da0f254cd---gogapitakegiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccv8sfh8lij0ommkt5jqkirdji/6197727525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5b057c8b2---lanoxidanedoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/65094527030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfpbgmqc1g42eet3hkvq3gm8d9/butedoxigenozerusoxugaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/nuredaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gdd5r7meqcc9ea0adgdu5vs50/sanipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33bf7cb0661c0aac00269edf88690b4d/15266014047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6f663510f---jufuritaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa849259193c396af4b4996ea1e611b2/tilibimimoritumulobud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qceladp8ldpmlatv8u6d8iah1/21607587519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e5b7a4c29---45031659389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfetf33spda6rqo24veb5kkglj/wumitujogepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/leldbrg9bk8anddhdkou3pq7ps/nadagetedulejokamilukove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e6cc74124---lizijibopovize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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_off0000f602.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF602 5324 bytes
SHA-256: 6de5122c8b39a324100e618db488b6ad0e0a44c0d1b017afcf7d202f421465db
font_01_sfnt_off0001080d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080D 11060 bytes
SHA-256: e4aa25bd201b07b8bb5b0c29c5f04196a82c4c4b9ad349fabf9c141313bfba38

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