Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffc3134102597f4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:19:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 13113929ea08aee7b8afba74c94309da SHA-1: 7215ea5310eacdf1a413fb984149f28d42ba0880 SHA-256: ffc3134102597f4ca79093a8ea3507f3aa6b7d54cb046fb35b3eb669d18f75c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2i28pje16dd93glh620d58eun/4412317231.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cd78f18e0---95663902061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/tezujepurufopojupusomod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noblacklist.pro/web/img/podborky/files/luxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22666ac1fa---88479842141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/754b53dfc4ba3f4a799e66a4db68d45b/pazir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/el4ml1gafmo901kbmaaels83lb/45609161418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-17/20210717074618698853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/9568826071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/55042385852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/18822709303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161152a153a02a---58607398986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/dupozivagupuxorexav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/lulugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a99c756393eba50e2bf9a29434b4230/81055004763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5457fc6452b9ae06af9cdfee2c4884ba/67327439541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufimedazejexukupolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/piwezitexiwibixunoleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcm.es/files/galeria/files/61243870434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/75053688773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a86720478b---1886385163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0dad7049e---18763906873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-maily.com/uploads/pages/files/7861525184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/vurusije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/15583023462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cest+actual+timePDF 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_off00010479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10479 10200 bytes
SHA-256: 98bf1f88fcf8cb5f5ff49ad6194a217a72cbc7a4a4cf8155b506b200ec29aa79
font_01_sfnt_off00011b60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B60 19972 bytes
SHA-256: 0d4d5ca6781b5310b0f7ed31d4f79443da095102836239931c377d56c80702e6
font_02_sfnt_off00014fea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1