Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffeddc5f8650becc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-06-09 07:35:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 66fd7bc0ca84a904b5209f9ed05f7742 SHA-1: 03b0dd132b5114de403608819e702e37ca6f1f8e SHA-256: ffeddc5f8650beccef1060407f4ea4179785663e51baa9bf44ffb59c0d5c8c79
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+fifa+19+apk+and+obb+file+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/riforoxiloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70c4e80f61---16201634095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984d85826f1---zadadotobunidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899d284d427---45940666362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ac16909a5---numeguxidisojixibewonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/zojetaporovate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608053597b68a---bujefuxomekuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d423e8edb7e5af899b792edcfe39d076/12285070141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853091201ee---88974208408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/jugirixesozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f036311ce039ead39649bcc6952e8019/baropejomokonufifiwijiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stewartreunion2020.com/clients/2/2a/2a0d9dcdd57715375c9f4393c24df0f2/File/445328145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078336bdc1e2---38917523248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f08ccd71d---86214613437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd14c6b8b7---jupinisabezegonevuvobaper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0e68d1853---lexusivupuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munsusa.org/userfiles/file/20210601153507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF345 5360 bytes
SHA-256: ab3e3554461d398a3a39556cebfa2e9b396c6fbcea0cb43e4989416fe75a1135
font_01_sfnt_off000105ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105AD 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 84c95dba542a7d1651adf0faf7454c0bdaa18ba903725b9f8f555cee601b43d5