Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa013cc2aa3f11ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 23:34:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6fdb98ed5153439c9e7f8a2388a9cc67 SHA-1: 9ffe52d426a17b852558e104abbafe4a13f5d2fc SHA-256: fa013cc2aa3f11ace1630f1e26b910bd14d5ed29c082091a7681561e8a4fba2e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download additional malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75097888738.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34533977862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzugejagawunebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/43334735384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40c6c336fa2fe8b89869365525f3ef0e/vokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavusimapuxeroxunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/67547201955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dawnrotaryclub.tw/UserFiles/files/27815393066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cppzone.ru/users/blogs/file/51002767419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/54097038755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/pakiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85c09225f764b31effd75faa548bcd89/xijududajixofenofidoterof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arucax.am/user_images/file/84238250464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139654e3aada---13725108098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/nuzizirigomenasadule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327da716322---53601452206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/dabesetuzudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/CgHe6lwEU6rZf31i.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalace-charvat.cz/userfiles/file/54304920318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145587c313b4---18648525778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebottombillion.org/business_school/uploads/file/fidixirewogegarimine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.net/d/files/rovemopejonewizedaxitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k85shj16h-561lt.com/contents/files/4473046059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34905554220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnfhdc.com/UpLoadFile/2021090910532291759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/32917206586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=zuma+revenge+apk+for+pcPDF 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_off0000dc9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9B 17736 bytes
SHA-256: a700f609e52b35edc7c7e078cbfe6c50b4bd9631b6e3f528346301bb5441a817
font_01_sfnt_off00010b1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B1A 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 59aede79eac51a585d72db047c483b9400d0df0e40dacd96462dc70e5fd565ec
font_02_sfnt_off00012384.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12384 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1