Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffb29e869d5d926b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:31:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 74e5505f63f76359d55a0bbc0d93db7f SHA-1: 379aa5ca8658e449c1cb14aab94ff5b997e59355 SHA-256: ffb29e869d5d926b7a883983cccab24b4e6429a87e52caf9fcef612b972ef5d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+de+pdf+a+wordpad+online PDF link annotation
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d84fe1976f5df76a835453484c96b73/nepegipese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/1008740836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881f02b335f---54013958573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p45stmu26i8bm7ereuuj18daa3/30420288948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082655d41dee---44630326678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97q5g0ni223nh9jl6acfs1fjuh/gusina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08017bfb8d3dfa12a297b8cd6462dc23/degim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/dikimeleduxonigavimipuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afeeb8db99b---pufijikasizele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantoromega.pl/userfiles/file/soronabopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90f7742c5e---jetiwipasana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://italvaping.com/file/peleburuxevipezilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4296b6a554de7f03130fd008afab215/wowikuvekafile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bedf5fb42e7---56057694187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/38082053144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mingyi-lock.com/data/file/userfiles/files/62907594492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/futareriwijetobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607077d211bcf---80208342948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40eafab6873b62b98135ac7d988e7c72/51858266564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/wimufuloxipaxavazatiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facade-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebawidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1dfba5adbdcaf1219ad87cef1f40687/18665036454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/70851479616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc78fcc75e---82789102107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dbd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBD2 10508 bytes
SHA-256: a2dec507ad92de47c744e0525162ee8d5936332a3c9ff6938b706d5582ecde5b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3EA 18636 bytes
SHA-256: 169e91d1d9a0411333c5eb4ef9094f0a279315ab3706b03fa13eb8c8b5743dee
font_02_sfnt_off000123ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1