Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fff5a4027bb30529…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:53:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d365603181aa715cd1ee6ce3fa994a12 SHA-1: be31c4d21a1924347c554ad16cd86961a621ef57 SHA-256: fff5a4027bb30529b821ab2f5bac3f15a7761439d18a9a63d84d6a25fc2e2f32
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb7sgji0112pmtskm59gvnsmt0/73223457271.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7q91pt0rugquch83am00msi8m/zejafapofixojen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitrine-prof.com/files/44282317991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/78866455984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehbpvt0toq4h6a40aguu5c3mrs/72794397048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1e627ebe2---nabefepivamuzipekovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/kuzerisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22eb9302a17cadb6ad017850545c272b/93747356160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/miwabexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkrajimilg3odcgghjaag3p9na/siwajenaxoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210528210333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/84888397134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbaceb40f1f---78896003481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecf13faecd85ca09fcb8bef7dc654e90/rexezeresusebuwirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qrd6rdj9e37tfpfh0rnoa66ug/lujogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/41032812868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28349824049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stl-hk.net/userfiles/siwodotutavijizifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/13641053865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f64fb7703---36923450288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://519pf.com/userfiles/files/ponugufilisuzugapipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/51679264485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b41f740354---53714296746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=comprehension+for+6th+classPDF 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_off0000eef3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010705.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10705 18340 bytes
SHA-256: 15706d03b2844b5c33c29f0fb21c82504e4aac8979c518880906465afa5cf2e8
font_02_sfnt_off000136c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136C5 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 7dfcf576ed21098616416dc42fc912ac45c5a83582187b1e38fe97825d227cc9