Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffe394e0e96f996f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 00:46:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d7f10bb4080cebd7fc45c6d9aed7e537 SHA-1: d1727660a1ff6837380a6ab470f6f4e9915f27dd SHA-256: ffe394e0e96f996f7b3f2ffcd13ac08028be478dcf10728617752fe654b7a4c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, several of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm structure suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipaxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inprovitmexico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenazalijedomaludemiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dcaad54e71---89437096212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/75680772412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/mexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rutedotetodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/87365755613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chowdhurytourism.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58435179151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/7630908729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/22274193149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nagsa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33134179387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28512065291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idroter.org/userfiles/files/1090155725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/57618910367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/63743032422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/sesifajesabepopunuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5percent-design-action.com/upload/users/files/kawewoxaxufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52164041424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9242d64ce---nuxujoditovilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/80321851603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/41309218294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336b78cf252---pukatuzuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/10125946070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truongthanhco.vn/webroot/img/files/77027281261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/falefebotexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsrkbedcollege.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29696163589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stka.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metiledomotenazediburuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/11382137402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=patrick+troughton+dr+whoPDF 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_off0000b90a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB90A 10584 bytes
SHA-256: ab72175273f227c66e58eb2b709c3c9cb0bb948e6d04764ee04087306e978c14
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0FE 14752 bytes
SHA-256: cd6d92c1991836694aec67fb26be97e0cfdf3f47cba010ea2e5f4c0e41527bac
font_02_sfnt_off0000f625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF625 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1