Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa151a14ccb2a48f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

179.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 13:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d69b32ccd85ca07996b28bf5fa0c4b7b SHA-1: a3485a11ee57b07522fb03948489d8f8a114df7d SHA-256: fa151a14ccb2a48ffe94eef792f2ba8fe806ea6a521332653feec7771d0a8a9f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' confirms the nature of the document as a link farm designed to obscure its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=1+1+10+practice+written+assignment+spanish PDF link annotation
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/2216103182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firesecurity.sk/userfiles/file/24128365067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bea6e32f6734730ed652c7a0d5cd4567/19230031221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/94815210389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/vuwafapabine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pestresolution.pt/site/upload/file/30307353073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210725_B32CC9FD54323445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a653k556emrqn596hmk3ilkovp/fenufobowekotiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6924de1934d858c1967c813807665fe6/37343207305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lemuforedokozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/mirajiporeput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f22daf04b0b---87735756015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/55796753171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5k3qsn77gdf78785dp7q2v9jd/24722784517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voronajogutadedepovinagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6h7do8dfn138u5mhql6knjgj1/borup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb6b62ff52---38217681501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/wuzimexigavirezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0957bd3e1ded9263775d8bc02041f29e/nokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/ninuwojasimasuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--arbeitskndigungsrecht-best-5zc.de/userfiles/file/45147402081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/60112087435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47810d7145c685a1e55b224bf6168c7c/ziluwogol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f98949876---18228386687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af4087066f2---32353645927.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_off00024b93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24B93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000263aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x263AA 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 2729b40a1016b40b286324d55b2572fe8bc554eca4ca361c70359e63615ceda8
font_02_sfnt_off00027c89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27C89 26356 bytes
SHA-256: bc1d15ceb904ea7a1ff2b32305f94e9efe7bb293ca53eb655df876ccf910ea35

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