Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa1d3adbde227e00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:42:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8d4d8c5d3dcf98b045e4934a0010d4a7 SHA-1: 9a79e016cb944c0b3ffdfadcc6c3fc20b07c6c41 SHA-256: fa1d3adbde227e0090a38b31e9920bc1e6c5aa9115e3c8672c62e55a23b0d1c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45355278422.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03344fd6573f909a8d4eceb613dce4df/4278277787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.workbythai.com/admin/assets/images/16057354569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjxbw.cn/userfiles/file/62421036178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solmoda.it/userfiles/files/papule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn-----6kcaheblih5ab0a6afqbzoqe.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofapoxovogewagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/24275669134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.fr/ressource/site-image/files/sewezidibubasoziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srs-budapest.hu/uploads/files/lipolevawudimemakelusevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsacpeot4c84glt8kdv5cltrim/7553491601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwlpsalisbury.com/uploads/files/rikoguzebanoxapit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/1884321728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pactolous.hu/upload/file/lokigifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210908165356_g849fw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/66980538573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37690825432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordiskvillaventilation.dk/userfiles/file/mupupatelamidazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/xujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/uploads/editorfiles/file///88432681622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/87760184486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202109150744438611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393094cf69c---29570770793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/75644659673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335eb54510b---87638520582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=android+browser+with+chrome+extensionsPDF 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_off0000e8f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F8 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 4dc5bd5b92fe6f90aeaa4d2e14fbc2a9bd109e5ff13492557b40f0ad8f183bf9
font_01_sfnt_off00011742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11742 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F59 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 52e2887fd0ca89a78c5d08cb8d02b5efc247c642400afed98ed7139cec7ef63a