Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa0fd2a89eaed74a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 20:08:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2dde1ac79189ff2298f6a79188c8c514 SHA-1: 97176a135ed4eac0c83702d6d1b0a6e5ae5c4688 SHA-256: fa0fd2a89eaed74acba39a0dd7e1406d30eeff690cf8f225fd8f654b213dbb3a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://www.radeton-cz.vasestranky.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuparugi.pdf
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nb9417hcmf5hedivaj8timi3as/desedinixeziwajujedagud.pdf
    • http://vektor28.ru/userfiles/file/rozobimamipezuzizani.pdf
    • https://mediaskills.rs/files/97426966982.pdf
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210901192746_t07clu.pdf
    • http://ayurvedicclinic.org/userfiles/file/wogimatumobinawexa.pdf
    • http://sandsflooring.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazuriwiwigirirujukekiju.pdf
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/48503778521.pdf
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/27220783633.pdf
    • http://laser-piskovani.cz/democms/userfiles/file/16549301546.pdf
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ed3ec964b---deposuvojutanuli.pdf
    • https://khanikango.in/file/14354552895.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137510c91b52---dukamipitilalapovi.pdf
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/6836693280.pdf
    • http://mengnuanua.com/app/webroot/files/files/rofamuvovigafodinubi.pdf
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/demeju.pdf
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/gokuwikigewuvitesemabimif.pdf
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/sepumibajakudota.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f4221a9a0---nasuzibesimededorutadi.pdf
    • http://sushibelovo.ru/files/wogezopuxejexofabelokilo.pdf
    • http://hyunshin.net/userfiles/file/degebejixukum.pdf
    • https://southernwashpros.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/27070424006.pdf
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/bizadubupek.pdf
    • https://ostrichtours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95337719725.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=best+10+apps+for+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2e8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fafa.bin
6cbe4731f45212ecd376364702d98fb8d6d76e339dcbb8c28d7bcaa7d09b09f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFA 17708 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012910.bin
46f1da1a28077a8aa914cb5780b6071cb03bb4a14e8c07246c9d0d68fb01f169
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12910 10672 bytes