Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffbafbafd49feb2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 14:27:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dc6d7327af9009a132c9c6b7508d143a SHA-1: 6bc7573019ed43ba93d317d3d9d9ca02673efdec SHA-256: ffbafbafd49feb2ec461f119fc8f3b0bb2e6fe7b0744117fbf2cd15c96da5c81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content. The PDF likely serves as a lure, with the embedded JavaScript potentially initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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.
  • 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 https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d88f62f757464ffab77bf97c2bf3f14/9889781552.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/mesaferulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5e125bad3---97343491261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d2a4e5a95---runewakugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b1bcc13f6---64277556381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d870893dcfe---xizububiguponawukimik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc69c40897---wazereporetawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/sosomojovamipit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea06b9eb184b13f45d5161125d002565/99864075416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c43bc2ac28d1a2506feb1a483eaa517/tifujevidisatuxejapiwumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/88577493288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5542fnsuhi6jqd4a0tnj3jbl80/fofunaxitorawutuziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8963adb4d9506ba8f4828ecaf7c19e8f/mogolufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/gevegabugevavubalasaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1982thsreunion.com/clients/a/a8/a85c6617a93da1462bf6c3e7dda9c043/File/tumuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ke9k7pv9u7l70cfoebn014ub60/3926151324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/nolavuwolosazedikoluvisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac11111a8cc---59113895405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cba1c69c42---45144678881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9h8c9k0oehqumelmd02hl0pj36/21243613586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+year+6PDF 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_off0000da23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA23 10108 bytes
SHA-256: bfd5dafd0d49365448da4141895f7905f5f587213da40402cc82b3759b649d58
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E9 17200 bytes
SHA-256: ddf615d43b83e6d9ae293b5a59be947ac7c643d89d9c2f8ce17d087e2f07972c