Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffbf0e18873828e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 09:48:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 04eb41240a00f323e0f916384ac6e77a SHA-1: 167cbec2f7554e4ca49b787d7b7b903315cb45b3 SHA-256: ffbf0e18873828e64d3483abff355ec475db7517666edd600b9cb562da0244a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thop+tv+live+guide PDF link annotation
    • http://theeultimatenetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/norumetululod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etabetasurvey.com/userfiles/files/punub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135735df2e1f---miworijafikejugexuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/dafitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miass.realxenon.ru/uploads/files/75488390298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c458f7ddc39ee8bf816dc32d8b93e45/73577608383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/61029075158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtrade.gr/userfiles_lybo/file/90130020309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/98471304827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctcitsupport.com/media/files/limegenabiwetirikugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soosanfix.com/upload/fckeditor/file/61387868874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicandyouapp.com/webupload/editorimg/files/wabitewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44137434131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63239140543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/suzukimiziwunisesajive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tapetcenter.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kasedevemetisubesusodetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a9ff29e59a733b935c1d9f6f9794c6f/43258353989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/lipefebepomegisexizaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/49954025138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/mexobupivudufofagelilez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/2021931352266334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/49656699963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/16924219994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/lotafukixetamigawug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54620556096.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_off0000f016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF016 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 025de6f20249480131b980e2a45562e2147cde0f3215e0904b40e3cc952ef61e
font_01_sfnt_off00010714.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10714 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F26 17376 bytes
SHA-256: fc2b51275896d94f38aae7f89723f9b94867fb430bb60a0139986d5ebb26057b