Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa00deb034ccca9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 03:29:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d4b34ac903877aa37ca8ba64417cd164 SHA-1: 003f6e85d90650652abe03bdd548a66480884d12 SHA-256: fa00deb034ccca9c076f5ad669e46a88232ca7e1b0afedf073318311c98ab6d1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links suggests a phishing or credential harvesting attempt, or a lure for further malicious downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49774479374.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/37370798851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/18440991718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/sagomumoveparixuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/wofomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613819196d074---nakoxovuraxewali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/36942701492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e06e01a6f---regusuxisiwakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcnjl.com/userfiles/files/finupasuxezebepelutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--19-kmcm3c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/difegojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambatownship.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxusomadawegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/lewijivodaluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaphcm.com/luutru/files/romexegexedixarinifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sov.tranovice.org/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodevile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/xejakemezimixazetizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atarentacarburdur.com/userfiles/file/bumabipesagukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/51755555479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexeremanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onwater.my/uploads/file/55132213824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/nuwetafubura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/58049623914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3b97616c0829def5a1aa6bc78de3e8c/42137735933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140dc529f70f---zejatebegonivuxodirib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4els.ru/uploads/images/files/24275748978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=fifty+shades+of+freed+watch+freePDF 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_off0000b62c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB62C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE3E 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 5269386b214f15c54b9cdd97473dcf2d13552d7c776fbeb4a1380d28a8c9bf9d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDFC 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 5aa0fdb6b42e6a1c5f960e2373d8d1d31c73ef0419aed111e0dc5d96502e0374