Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffddc27c9e41b4fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:49:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e20080a9057ae62df749d1cee2215d89 SHA-1: f4f1a73f4fe4c0a168e161f3f6168708f5405877 SHA-256: ffddc27c9e41b4fa1f1102c6d7c5887d7fbbc3eb7bab61fabfba5a57fcf8fab8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=4+stone+to+lbs PDF link annotation
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/30539986814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89419523132a760d3cdc7cf968e0171d/najazexalowajixuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hn2brofh9ksigkmjnhn4ge6276/savunupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/85486153999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb098bed41ea599957a3b70a1ca5bed4/99897261276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4ae9fca16033a81dc9fcdf5be1875a5/xijemopile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/8195953446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/19717403093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6lqu8c54th4581j8oo6vnherr5/17051398542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austdoorcaocap.com/upload/files/susovidoxoxabuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39454416887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/43477285016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05ed69acaf---datoxupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/duvin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210719_E63439F5D474B2D7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodonionfestival.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajolaketur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210706_168D0EC013C1CD0D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2c14b66fba---72440630837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f73575a78---7436340793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bcj6vbegfh0e5d1alpn1oknsi/20192097618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/68050109248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/40011673204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/83694211514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwessex.com/uploads/files/lalodazibofusojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-3/20210803113407906085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f36ad21c0aa4cd8eb737c798bca9866a/43954395424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000de56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF668 17416 bytes
SHA-256: fe4440eb9d2663e6d8001be91632f910525837dd882ccd09da236ead996637fb
font_02_sfnt_off00012372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12372 9868 bytes
SHA-256: f55b6a9893f09e109803705a6db96e844f1d4874af396bedffd59a3ca6cac974