Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffc4cbd60b242835…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:28:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fd89f6140eda7302b33c1dd411114653 SHA-1: 95292fdd2a93d3d21ad3a0087bbf80a798dca7b1 SHA-256: ffc4cbd60b242835b7265fccfd4fe07ff947aa869590f637fb46dbc3dd1c5e49
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing page or malware download. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073efd45d4f3---13112051538.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0586a76682---6431358716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/lodirezodebin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc0e4dde236---24684548590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/xopakarojivefotamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb61d54285---jefamawiguxekevato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5bfbfa888bef927be22062b8fa81e6/jigefuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e1c148a35---9106627861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonilimunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090146b50cf7---kixubibexotasigurepeletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768481a38a1---10132410418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/290423092924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3a2cbeb86---95375808321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7654295381---97774789727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88097255944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/38769414509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a76d868bb6c---salofapaberaginuvexilena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e2c71051a33e8666afab6d8f58bc75/jusutamepuzufidobuduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/kalopodanovoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2206c6f0f1---9944023724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a748ff20b3f---tupamakunakimavoperami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/jinefozuxesugozuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3c451975ff69e4c127d447318080d5e/21214380479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coytex.net//ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabawuselopefawoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/17115968322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/nadujezupagaretiraliwava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=index+of+little+things+season+3PDF 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_off0000e066.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE066 18796 bytes
SHA-256: 86633232ee5c9a0279dadff7dddeb5a376403574ad681b04a81f5a8515cf138a
font_01_sfnt_off0001106c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012883.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12883 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 81da04dc8f2cdf7f9ac0a028aaa7f1cafcf47a2d43685e3484c225a8eb88c31b