Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa0edea1bb4b2d3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-24 23:58:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ba87867a4e4504ea6fe47fe62b1f8daf SHA-1: 8ffcd7bbe8da04e62acda1b9f464d6a30e5a730f SHA-256: fa0edea1bb4b2d3e13e8fbb15cba66aa39626a90729198460dc1185686e240b8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure suggests a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://vgcanada.com/userfiles/file/15589928326.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/82374007194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rtm-plus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winaxalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132046fdc5da---keligesutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forti.in/userfiles/file/54754406678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/vomosis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/439075439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zonobopebafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixonulilurixuxonakapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/nobonivewoxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/kenuxovimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614788934649c---78782973126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/figejufotonipomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/wivefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/98537963445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/17722727380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8503a74ab290dc35942d60baf171239f/xenezunalexejoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/88052624354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti.pl/userfiles/file/77440891817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/xedumojon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrando.cz/files/file/fibuwevapelimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f09b154aab---jinobamazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/44220024374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/wokuvosifewogebuwujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=24+hour+parking+enforcementPDF 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_off0000b025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB025 11004 bytes
SHA-256: c9670a5af1fa40f75cfd7263d579182438d365cf7f1405ceffcf748c5c19fc27
font_01_sfnt_off0000c99f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC99F 15288 bytes
SHA-256: 79a106a159d5af35940e3d02a56d24dd212e34a32c564a63d55e2b83079b9dfc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f06e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF06E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1