Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffc6adff9ffb4018…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 03:51:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6bc76f434f418d44faaf6d1a77161032 SHA-1: cd969cdeeddb734020ed79524f41a4e16c2723d7 SHA-256: ffc6adff9ffb4018ca5b6ca9f57b7ee001a094eb8b8bbf6252a007ad5d936931
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate the document is part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination, likely leading to phishing or malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e05084b8cd6---70382382010.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d72e9b11dc---befimasaxixerebumajifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2cbb8b767ecf58240991dbb92a262fa/70238923997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87155d3251---bogusigopobovavorilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a96cac7f4e---82634964650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msu8fnq3a1rj6vsb6ddmq7np6b/3386704503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/38829273416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/57692009566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d075cf0ce0a4ad5fe5e1ecbeaed5b45/5666038658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb80b07050f8c4102f907a8cb60078d/4754646949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4291e3f0ec8eb60270679bc721f4f23/59003226174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/nowuwagamegawifopaxivodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.com/upload/file/xafixisexolideverarezijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43935276132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adrfjsaa20unpkoojan2o5k367/73208762224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delannahotel.com/user_img/file/50703416104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsneotek.com/ckupload/files/dumijorovawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/71690779848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zomano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072aaa1d3471---vubutiluxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/nesixifuveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/848a4f5b7352b767b1ed866e44a8524f/50448005307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/638046191868a289e35d5a2321429500/makaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/61514762328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=hurdle+technology+in+food+preservation+pdfPDF 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_off0000f0ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0ED 11168 bytes
SHA-256: fb327d18b8c0289b10e5900184271740726edd587a9617982184f4a297e4374b
font_01_sfnt_off00010ac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D4 17224 bytes
SHA-256: c9e8dd83457175349e2184251f9ea524226b4d854262fc7d953f083aa494dca1