Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffe4ddf99a71c71e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-23 14:32:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e2e10fccfc38ec57ff24c53da8af0ae1 SHA-1: ff4fc9093d864da8695a8e1a6e720723daf53eb6 SHA-256: ffe4ddf99a71c71eea50bb5f2fcbe4e373a791619fca24999b13eb801ec5ec4b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing lure to download further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161431e8126009---xaganusodajazuxejafuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rintrans.com/files/21717958726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/bakaveladuvapufifuxipamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/27398150195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/lazagiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12746315709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.flamanville-76.fr/upload/file/91881184113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/83461541865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autolubitel-irk.ru/userfiles/file/2032242592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widixise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28314648473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/zenubogiranenodalufemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pandoraecza.com/genelresimler/file/kuvunikarazivaxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zagorjeadventureteam.hr/files/suxusuvawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc227e86230115d67665a444c44c34f2/71091706581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/2465426542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38311bcadcb0660a411f1eedd2ef7191/nulepajason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/8233477134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49086150956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/jigegivufadobudajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/vitutedufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/soluva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaynhanh365.net/contents/files/wubaxivozizomusogono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=tekken+3+full+version+apkPDF 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_off0000c0c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0C8 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 968a5b06909ce8e284ae1e5cb08cedd300e6191bb6aee0668ddc724a1be889d8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD957 19300 bytes
SHA-256: e8c40fc14784534352e7a1941b4db021743289a6265e5ee8c8cfdd86bbd9ec77
font_02_sfnt_off00010ae8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1