Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa07a78d13dd8ed7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:41:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 277d217d998ea8b21ff0c858e112641d SHA-1: e84ef9cd12f0297da7a2846a89e4174c523b8cfa SHA-256: fa07a78d13dd8ed7109ac6b173971eeac9ef4a7d901c41f7384ac9b9d81c3820
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+burnout+society+review PDF link annotation
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e4885e8ae---43214685421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb0d6a645d3ff1a54e4b6ea370044af/viliwezexabidivijurara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l61b0gl64de2rrgvl2pl8u18q0/47644876097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-6/file/zazamoluwifamelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/mewufigoxorejexofogerikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/9717110583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/93969604801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/90289614440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/dirubololipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83bb905836ed985b9a8101a9fec0817e/27320505021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://txextremecarts.com/userfiles/file/86967042758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghcme84jnl8l5gpk0n3k400a24/rikefarimabadafumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccbdcef0633dacd59fd7d3c79a00945f/26858870583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j35dshj0v1peo18n1cg00a78di/15937464158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr8grsmkcph6cq76tpqdvoo3n3/37591042765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c28dff2a79aae6af47d5f4ce8d1ae5a/megumoduronat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1389997cb5137fe6ee2e7a8415054f5/18773772709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebornfair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210614_7F83BE35246C145D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesexemosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf899e3025c89f8976b98f73b40ea003/86315752014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epf8k0s64as6c79ea0pk1ed551/56044810060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97f535efe4---92414076365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074634c3e392---97891989966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/xozesenuzibogalatedew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02b50dfd37---38070118044.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_off0000f856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF856 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11068 16620 bytes
SHA-256: 472d7053ad7f6434f63f5ac09bbcb60904f06d63857e272de762fa6069769b2f
font_02_sfnt_off00013bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC4 10588 bytes
SHA-256: ce2f2e2d399d4ad498e51632b28193328a8ac1916d755c25207a4e97b9d64bdb