Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffe242c05260e982…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:19:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0b6f4df0b3acfe10cef8b39e696b0d19 SHA-1: b64040cf2108dd0f29ea4c404240fac814a90288 SHA-256: ffe242c05260e9822faadc8b765ae37254a7528a352ed50504e9719e38538099
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the primary indicators are the numerous URLs and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dc13fbbd1c8f15656ff5e0a9f40a94d/39356973273.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/lezifedamirod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdw-wolf.de/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80636346100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g1ppd183men2qn7h5hu2rqb4uq/jifovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec84cd94e5cfc7c8a350172c97d33c4e/beninozurajajigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davis-wilford.com/clients/5/5d/5d1655677b271656441dfc21bb295863/File/jukixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06e8aab3b868e6d17b058335b9249c52/27075944690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/69691189125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///51020755129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/musezalijiwigivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa161847ba8---zenesarago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b318482420---suzopomiduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vadihosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/69623569721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d66f8b50e9---lunemimiturujejuvotoxido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/11532088581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nubo43hkgkul78ttbe93d2l85/10486665121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09596e3542ac37b94efbee33f4b5e727/najewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldbell1965.net/clients/85689/File/lifepavulalamazogoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/zivixivutizinurebexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83682bc2bb---3014070542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7j10104nl18vt23945fl691kda/87846974021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc342a7cc05ddb2e3eb6e3b80e50b531/33006095167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/vumexava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/50411437627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1621297597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=50+tons+de+cinza+pdf+download+minhatecaPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6bf0437404---mexig.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_off0000df0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f725.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF725 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 75c0a0f687bd5a3c65eed95015fc6f4f886fb97d220b4dea5dc6a4e7c4d7dda2
font_02_sfnt_off000110ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110EA 18188 bytes
SHA-256: c8e8507cc6c28d2a792d2d0d3c0f7dc8c7207c7549ca5fc49b5038671b742296