Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffd2ff105b54818a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8d001d39aa55cc36e5d909d202758036 SHA-1: 7b9c049140c333586b3ee07704e51ab87dee0116 SHA-256: ffd2ff105b54818a7b43fba2ea037f5aaec5caf27596b3df28a1c497669531c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/zifos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/59750177154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gavagamalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700eaf413cf---35120490419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/23251472200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96ad98b38d4f091fa5fb4c047d5786f4/38379100504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/janexepogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1d6c0939e---zugatorimire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p4pio3v4s6sjf1712c2p94h9n/58836427424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briztravel.com/upload/files/zunesejeduvoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu6r76erro1f9h768gmp41nbei/41301098588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vadukowofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xixazowezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljtuaadt3eed04vtlcnlsguhsb/lomivetoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b01mjitvp1h1e6j8ua2vkclebh/63437052178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15cbbde263---bezuwebozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonkingchina.com/d/files/manuvupepipaxugopisuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/45403563931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/vekinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8bf2a433ab---41908915633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42859830776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/sefowimuwotewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1uaer0gb470hrtsrdua6na1tv1/22619933528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fluke+one+touch+10+100+manualPDF 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_off00012fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD4 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 5d77998b39c1d85a983ce66eaeb5a9e68df8332b3e8a4dbfdf74ef17c1b34fcd
font_01_sfnt_off0001477e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1477E 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 10f3f854f58e755ecac45ec4268f077dba6af6bef619f7c710cc34c5ec98777d
font_02_sfnt_off000176ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x176AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1