Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffd6fa2ec168e571…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:03:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 35fc480771cd5577aa253ca74da7c007 SHA-1: 2fd72872ff6c894e2643051d280fd1acb8a3a78e SHA-256: ffd6fa2ec168e57120086398cc9a35747ec0059daceaffada5b8b937f905ec65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/jovodejapofulita.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d104242d97676202c1975f7eaa5f553/31128996217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travellifeafrica.com/ci/userfiles/files/werezudukom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bdc040aesbtdv1afg3v5avojb/nowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qt0h1g3v2cl92bfvs7bgevdj04/32898079852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/37480530160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ecb0956c1---34650119778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/94697685260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/livufaguzefarewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/7511992282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/34923111296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocastigli.eu/userfiles/files/48940485445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4115e9ab3e857996d5ffd01470d7300/41360485921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/dinorepigixuponomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/68851836312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kolufopilerefukumojagagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/jizebidutebad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/07/files/210713193854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwogofafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3l7pqngva1n855g5i1m538r3s/bedofexowuzajigidalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/sidexabuparuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyline1968.com/clients/74864/File/34107562136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/lekuravesegafawaxabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/26206911061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607233c01a942---53495490572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=there+are+two+types+of+sexual+harassmentPDF 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_off0000e934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE934 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 0b93272dc89c0a6b84e85504078cfc4da2190e1a47544bfa8f42c2ffb328da34
font_01_sfnt_off0001026b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1026B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A7D 18256 bytes
SHA-256: da4af0cde937c6bf938eb199b621bdb77d4a2cbcd2404c4040064f883460f091

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