Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffad6ff68a40f50f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-08-15 07:00:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 981aadcafbdaffb24abbdfba7d67c611 SHA-1: 6e4795b9a92ee3a523ac9d9fccce5324bc800c74 SHA-256: ffad6ff68a40f50fa2e2f2855cf7652a4942bdb501ac86d0aa9c3ed1f77e2d5d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed17f5a00ba---xefawofivevosafidudedije.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/tuliwetufasega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e99e690bcf2071cf9da6db4f0aae874c/13115915972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c5d65f314069acd268a821d736e8cb0/85215673577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d22dfa441b---69778714676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/sedezukofugorogikilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havanic.com/cache/fck_files/file/86928144521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/febitiwara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/96852098432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f523916716dceb8b47d8ae61ae2413d0/vujosodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cce3387c5---tivawujelatupopemobotoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdjcnc.com/upfolder/e/files/20210731095152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf82448ea0f---25961952226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210708_135010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/binepugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents//files/80501604972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fda2d76f4f68e5fa06513d93b5ff182/rejorazitusigiwaneluputeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/70745810288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c78fc4f8ab5e442064fd848e07ef18dc/wigizuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/xijeviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070461a11926---vavefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/127121498060a46ea7824b4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergytaekwondo.com/click2buy_newp/userfiles/file/44455640469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/16836254541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7d13c3502713fadbb1e5f70cc55527/12247651126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+casino+slots+free+coinsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B8 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 6dd752c45b0ecf90338fd5fe170038d3ee3510a36c7738efa6f81fe0bc6a24af
font_02_sfnt_off000124d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D9 16416 bytes
SHA-256: 8d4162df07913cbd75aaaf5c1db4b71207ba25b7fe42c8eb5140c3474b8f8896
font_03_sfnt_off00013b5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B5C 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 1985f92fe3ff9d117ff4164e8c545127ca78737b49b1297c7a3fa9bbf9e6a0a0