Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa139efe4f405ad2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:54:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7b05db1c0f04caa3abe21e4cf41fedfa SHA-1: e9d853900d12cc1202e39e12d68dcd2f5e10bdff SHA-256: fa139efe4f405ad2a548020426d64a8031ce3aa32e9d07e8721a8158c55b4610
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript, combined with the link farm, suggests an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site, likely for phishing or to download a secondary payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gtg1693pgkghmkmu3ausar9c3r/38847248394.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/texaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88249024971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmqgh8kvb2g4n2ol47e9kdk1gp/terogofatosaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/42218035172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/12891770687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/jeneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210621095604675527udcbwf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/puzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/05202837689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/13527307674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modesukenumatiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/vedavirutumuterupixipafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/digumizazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075186438fd1---61390673547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3ecbb847d8dc8e5b6ac713439f2a30a/jojasifono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733f7bdbb5a---9988865379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qps1n7h5miv9iakbijqnebqod6/japarawobuvanika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/98321863380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/28260149534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607449b3e7a3e---gilivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavclearing.ru/upload/files/94798267143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facade-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokidoximiporobabifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/50407171385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=graphing+basic+exponential+functions+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000b347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB347 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB59 15972 bytes
SHA-256: a2ffc3cb74192d3db311c5e80b6ac56bcb1cb0040e22e1ccbe124d8c201e32dc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f448.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF448 11320 bytes
SHA-256: d786efc1c06a8c3029a63bb3b2445fc84640220d351ed5d50b819200329d1db9