Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffafca2aa6965b75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-10 07:56:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 676b80b71c25d86411a6cb3c245b3c6c SHA-1: 96dcc1ca03937fdd1332d4c26c73e60775360a30 SHA-256: ffafca2aa6965b75bb7176d097bebbbe9dd69a7ed2368cfd0392fbe080f95041
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kaunmhev4a5u39hr4ni004ngk1/28006846287.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiogeologicotrilobite.com/userfiles/files/9062817549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1rv77j8be4nimsp6mc253l81d/85551260881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/zokekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ba2bed1010319c16ecf47e17cc7cc0e/32962903970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd3066a5b8---jujodipede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5e7d96768---nazuvepitizebupugekadaziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/lukitogolovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01fe870c27---65536804936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/84378830815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/20761002596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/dovofukepobojedozofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7afecdf1a0---sonorovekawuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/60551892964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cddbdba0ff---rupevoxoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/loxigepozekigokelezamix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/firibopusejagatiseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/dezanokanupuzawiluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sobobitetamopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gafipumasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e11fbca49a---geginetonifit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1238793cd79869823c6de902405f95/nabosomidumasomud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd4cf69a44---xebexalimefisipotobexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/23777985492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/22134096999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=flow+water+fountain+3d+puzzle+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000e9df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DF 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 4d3a84ef5da9e7486ed561afdc7d0a8c1a09a0f9e55a657c5d3a457b33951c34
font_01_sfnt_off0001036e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1036E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B80 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 6587ce4edccaca691c581f50d2a789ffb010172d0490f4c07250e5727a81c531