Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffdcaa0bbea3a176…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 17:13:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 7bbec4184591897bdaa1e7eab24e39bf SHA-1: c0a4909c10f6cb75b520bff8348833520f6ec06c SHA-256: ffdcaa0bbea3a176872f9b202bc59200503221cd2ca2301d73bd1577dd5b102b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/penugotanekusutozula.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/38650867890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/13637243208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfvms0c71j86iqcsdf5lpld42b/91148432213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c4b380fb3d6810fe7cf8acf1e990266/kawovafukusazuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1667dca69822125c8625f2bfe848541/bafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4789696242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b2153cbb---rogivurabitubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be9fa497a5---92886672444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/6931227188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/64103562802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9d56af2168b3e982c21f937ce841ce0/55979189822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f209c4f681---33217692821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a446bacd4---73110538817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/936b29c8332e2a75f46de7d6d787c1d2/59574654455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9103618564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/tekixujedisujurulemumega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/xiwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympusflights.com/files/files/bijirerotemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791a487352a---46257090144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926aef44562---bumifiliruvifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36b11ee7d0---50119208832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/095c00981fca56f7aa935e46460f102d/55053598302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778661afc2d---34801482800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brh44lthikhj82cmhkcc2pk1os/nudutomikexelexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5a06ac862---50777471710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uso7hhdh03t2enhscjdi874fev/tanasozisegunuvijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=602+kw+to+hpPDF 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_off00010344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10344 18540 bytes
SHA-256: ef3a187a0ee270662e16c25d788cc6d0f87588b44d745477002ae2f9f44a8813
font_01_sfnt_off000131a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A4 10036 bytes
SHA-256: 8867a11d89d62cba4e3c0f1c2bc2de2b914df0eabb48bb747242b4776c318c99
font_02_sfnt_off0001482b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1482B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1