Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa17eb6513166144…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:42:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b51028b291c3caa1c3ecb373f21cfd83 SHA-1: 15cdc6809ac81f7340797085ddb20fe80e499b0e SHA-256: fa17eb6513166144c2f580dbe4f69c1b91fe6d78f596d5a9ead63907fb92590e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting. These heuristics, combined with ClamAV detection and ML classification, strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+marshmallow+update
    • http://hiredriver.com/uploads/assets/files/letiti.pdf
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/nifasiwogasokijuraxumobuj.pdf
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/xavixelafote.pdf
    • https://sushixusa.com/userfiles/files/libibunepam.pdf
    • http://safires.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/satilatufumax.pdf
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_2B68E78E31F87596.pdf
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8ca1dc9f9b15fe6ab6b65e15ea5441d/34494894975.pdf
    • http://luatsugiadinhviet.com/upload/ck/files/wusikok.pdf
    • http://allier.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45944433800.pdf
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/mojipojadino.pdf
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/gazavumazogasodopurek.pdf
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94985778642.pdf
    • http://elrey-uslugi.ru/media/file/maviwimivigupunebigaxit.pdf
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/85905718003.pdf
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wawexodasajajaliwa.pdf
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386a3517875---vikumexofezemere.pdf
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/joxowikotib.pdf
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/zakilemixa.pdf
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/87651854997.pdf
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/87332846474.pdf
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents/files/6033590946.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c408477c6---duviviwetubumo.pdf
    • https://nasco-ye.com/uploads/file/6084713753.pdf
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/momubedanoximumareguto.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e24dd8b312---91109112516.pdf
    • 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_off0000b34c.bin
0d3fc78373a08e01dcb3367de3e3e2c6750fee47d05c9a5144412ba3fb0c1f6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB34C 14568 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7da.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000eff1.bin
809c26d27ca9aa9245d8481aebb64a2679140b54bc82f0caa171f737972bdc11
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF1 10824 bytes