Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffbd1da756f08f8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-06 23:57:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 93182be58dfaf5c4b7357a421ad8f6c2 SHA-1: 42dfd5f3b241f8c536611602927631a5c79727e8 SHA-256: ffbd1da756f08f8f3fb366ec8df22b4492f5bd2b4b6c9ec48ede8f1f47114c36
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vw+polo+9n+repair+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a05c48a17e---26196428419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160ad4437dbcce---80730815820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/28517247177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45af1f5fb10e206fe6ada5fc7962067c/40765738139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pljlieke881l0ocn1ufljtc5k/86971944946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609092e03831f---96713023513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/74449730619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/mufabivafamekevamawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/bilonijesipawifuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/63342700519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6f68a920f6e2269d91601911278d520/61757783494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhrueijp2b6q36a1qj9dtkq5nl/2460884141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4181762464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/33903155850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46514ec46a---38412391881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7e5cbf7d80ffedb85e96a0e42baf9a7/39844201145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tplustech.com/images/ckeditor/files/98568702139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efcc240052661d16ce920b080bf9605e/zifoxuzikopibemesawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/neropesuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/fumagasupivavewulanusumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f08c2c3bd---87729165998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/87320328080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608593dd7249a---rubiluredazusijelez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/watoxulajizomalala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/284c60082246534e0fed541d45bf9f8b/3850663601.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_off0000f041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF041 17544 bytes
SHA-256: f7347b4895fba815022f6aa96fbb1415b179e609f9035a7b46b39211f7e0321b
font_01_sfnt_off00011e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013694.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13694 10716 bytes
SHA-256: a3eb4162750d1421855e0c164a5f78d464c5c3bb404c407ecbc409a6f3748884