Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa1102072c356319…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:47:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 574a8a106a23dbb8ee4ab762a95f0e5f SHA-1: 526d40e95821a9c3d7dfd2cec17e7354abbd3e14 SHA-256: fa1102072c3563193936bfa91da4db12aa7989332fcaf41181a81647393e8770
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farms, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and content suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gcs+scale+chart+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4bd7922a8795b7f177f3d9b4b61fea1/xaraviwezibadojoziwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e39edc54b5b---47570682757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/86284136591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c863348fa0a---bizovororopokukatonewowam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pragatitic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4649458116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a08655e59f---kesofisusobolaveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/muucj48jj6ggeumvn3rfo8cl3a/rewizupenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/xedesexisifuxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4e671d604b7c4f6aa6122fd499c35f2/37844205946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/xapalagomovosoponovusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muskogeeroughers1967.com/clients/9/98/9899c641331876fb313f08ec475a0443/File/90159412041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a94d0009c7aac09da95828f2bb119b0/20750067542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/59002182422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/21004902798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandmake.com/userfiles/zogoliwugimutuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f267401629---8045605334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51055a4e8c2d8b6736c45aa699f02672/bevivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1623519860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/95371019900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cd315fb6811fe866e96894f61a9c35c/xiwajogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/xotiluvexegumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/78984882322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/76819775675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sheeld.org/clients/d/d0/d021426cee8527c21a172be12ef3d645/File/9216183853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609448a268ee9---segugewimivigefalikimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e76ff3cf23c---97980267680.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_off0000ccd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCD5 10440 bytes
SHA-256: ef474ccc7b9f4c8566d13c552a894dd0c1e6734a9e44c2f0c8f70191dc3a88a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AC 16404 bytes
SHA-256: e01fbab5504c8ee501b85572e8176c1a0f05559c78c1e94475b813de62ace7cf
font_02_sfnt_off00010f52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1