Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fa8b92aac81210a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:18:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 90bc66a24b346208b2ddf39d4825b3e8 SHA-1: 8ac223a91d22396368f86cd11fc1f3dcaddff660 SHA-256: 4fa8b92aac81210a45fd1a97e22f5d54ad8da3d7ea91771de325f014c35a591c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy and ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature, likely a phishing or trojan delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • 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://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91b380d725---61933075870.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://scherzerpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wefojimasukepisarowokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2583180508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vadaxevekupevugini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatoodesign.com/userfiles/files/71569447227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b24f84a7985b7608468612a7346e354/veluvusurimazevurewotut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18bdfd93c2---48046430797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigagudenezodumizavaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uevsbodiquopvco7uian2iiu8/zojufulemikugegiwufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/wobutetibafewiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/xilejufukikedewefof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b8ed6aa0015a383ed2950fc08ec433/85353243915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8ee852c8fb---77747723463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtwohndesign.ch/userfiles/files/ximozegivisana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/wibizanapiworaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830cced8d9f---tavomumekal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/84536645082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c2ae74eb7---70514621718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad830a75585---74683808392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f121e7595d---91924050899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.ca/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/feviret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/92885771786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa417575985---vunafewufuwuwavovezofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/43287228542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=certified+ethical+hacker+v9+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e854.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE854 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 5f33cc20da28f1c6a63a3678bb0fa50527f3e7dd40b841260fc3fab22a5f8fe4
font_01_sfnt_off000101e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E3 19388 bytes
SHA-256: 1f97a60152d0deced5c666f07d5fe8e2b04b319d4f5246643f18463cf328cdd8
font_02_sfnt_off000134c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1