Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa06614217557c6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 01:23:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9cde230402e95a6b8cdadb7e94451e09 SHA-1: b417a230a7ba712e04aeda1b9018e46c627408ac SHA-256: fa06614217557c6bcf8d09823e022c7d837e60bd4f1c83e5ef5725f3d1061020
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a common tactic of using documents as a lure to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+apk+techno+brotherzz PDF link annotation
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d8175c3ce---lipefuxopipejaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/puwunalabarapafazuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelpancharatna.com/assets/userfiles/files/67103302848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gornjastubica.hr/files/tikidotozonakojinilurud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazuwutogapenuniwide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161494185568a7---91983317545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/31108228083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92901635024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkwwta.org/userfiles/rululefowafabupegabimonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/16440846737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://squarcialupirelaxinchianti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/51803644657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7e8aecc15---45031284172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/diwarapuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/besekupamaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosefkuchare.cz/userfiles/sojolowafavudubexaxipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d8b5015ee---46029679371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18461816201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsolutions.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifikarixutere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bovasonedanudila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41926113594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbev0bhje.xn--p1ai/images/news/file/69725640330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quesnelfoundation.ca/userfiles/file/53759446656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flavio-tonon.it/public/file/fiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denetimmusavirlik.com/userfiles/file/16208971031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b2cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2CC 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 6afafe036639fad95a1bf05eb76bfc188aecd12410f8528bb59425eb11f615ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000caf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAF7 15036 bytes
SHA-256: fe5a8b28d562eb635e318116eb9c2e4efd7597a6c0321defd0abc80d5e711a13
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1