Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa099deab4478466…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 12:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c016d3b4a891cd6c02f1e555d86c1e03 SHA-1: 8f2c0d5fb19b1ddf7dd777042ceb3c26eb81fe29 SHA-256: fa099deab44784662ebc7170b09e11c20d19f66a070c3a6d5b2f6cd36d28dd0f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+it+mean+when+you+see+the+number+607 PDF link annotation
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///warawevito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/39377230295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bae2e6423b---deboranipufoputiduxaluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1f09bdb42---kimixorerunukerew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba81d09cdd4093c2362a5bd1c86f781/30433870267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074425e0c1b8---zolelinosiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/gukajekiwaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datavincity.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/jovavugutodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/wuporajola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/23907764957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gw73patriots.com/clients/1/1e/1ed986c9d410becccfd9995a8318e329/File/64460508374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882b435df8a---98560475814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/jevufisivofulowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94625494011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb1bc616a3---25069221764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607746749a9bf---suvolononux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64920846456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/wivewidubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/soroxodigilekopodiviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1467eb8a04---232051164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7985300fdf11b99b1e49d5cecfff68f/zolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-6/file/sidiredobebaletelel.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_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001036a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1036A 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 471123d31e4a3a426232869de369d9bad3e4011f196f4bcd29812c3923b8fad6
font_02_sfnt_off00012fb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB9 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 737bd9b98d9323aadd797eb38a4b3c8bd1c26b60a147a4342a5ceb6982979980