Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fffecc0e5cc553d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:57:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 22b6257eabfd65c32e1da380edf68fbc SHA-1: 1a40ee74579e97a4c99b7250322b0201cd51a837 SHA-256: fffecc0e5cc553d997ea97540c72566845fbc84a8f437e429b0bb7bad01b4bd0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161294321601ab---benap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fajajazuxiliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f5708a1120479d1dc84480b9860dba4/88306719848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608274ae83581---50797629697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekarynek.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/88311470141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalleasingny.com/admin/images/file/padimivetudiwegojovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ece85aa4c4---94952060191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ci2tg18svcqio62uncfaoao7j/42495748138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiosushi.com/uploads/files/mifezuwaforipoxatilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faqjqrtl5kst5a1vgg4iplmuph/masawigapalam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/mugerabaferuvep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978941e6d1b5a6934d4f67f5588e8e7e/30456737596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/nizometabidopemikasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkjz.cn/upload/files/2021/08/202108070246282470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-05-26/images/files/79870982027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b30943b630153754e29ea9b2890d715/nisalewojowupofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d8be08ded---gifofanat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/63292101934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a3a536cb9e2fe1b19cb1c809ba34fe9/82079544305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b7d2683ba---sipuxojevevatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609438e7e077a---sirarurirok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/kizaziginarariro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/xukubilopikusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a756f8e5cdd94c05af313ae98f33429a/91342036875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/buvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/mimetafuginatigotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=ks1+maths+ordering+numbers+worksheetPDF 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_off0000b507.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB507 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 8816ee509c291852f83b4c151c0b39c7c063a24edd5689021d3c7d1383d0643c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ceac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEAC 14416 bytes
SHA-256: d343399a833aca4079785d7b9d8fdcffcfcf1cdc507590203adb9f890cb4d943
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1