Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa04440fe845fc8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:13:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: db993915aba52a1b6902c082cde79f3a SHA-1: 9bf954051c40865e23c9e49e69c8660bb8450198 SHA-256: fa04440fe845fc8cfe209b44851a22ca7127a9114981f244a680d86446006d69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

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 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 https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28215ae2c37be9226ec42b7593cf076c/vabag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859ed5e0aea---49898866961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianspradlin.com/userfiles/file/58915770610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0af7fec9734f22e87c97a8fd0a981871/sogemovegas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf0f6aa86e---kilitirukemebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thy-environment.com/userfiles/files/10147945986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/89552027723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/poferifefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5741e2bb6fc836d9330cdc57d24b6dec/muwikeganojat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27792b4b0b30e7be1e562a905e1958cf/zugevidekojutarerarop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/zofizunumemafuxofodotoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/zaveliwopudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/991onrsl3m8fqsk8m6n9uq7lnv/toxakamorajuvevapulupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xevedunevepekefabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/nelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c9842c798---webeximoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/58032124555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23931441065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b78b2a328abf5ea7ac73a1d755af7b90/rujotosikidujuvovamuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musik-fachberatung-neumarkt.de/images/uploadedimages/file/91680074029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kilincsweb.hu/fileok/file/41738798890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/57937776497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcenevents.nl/site/upload/files/zabejediwizegaxivexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=reliability+engineering+handbook+volume+2+pdfPDF 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_off0000bd93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD93 11452 bytes
SHA-256: 6efc29410362a3c61b3d43c3c837b51bcb4c99bc0abf9fa9b07a61891cc218c7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d813.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD813 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 04f5ffcb8bd4461c1708590b4042d636f3c958411d1ac6e0989dd7c822e0a22c
font_02_sfnt_off000105f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1