Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa2254fddd9f5f69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:15:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bbb0de5e65980dedcb5bcda46dd6e181 SHA-1: b01bbbe24234fb627d28a4e7382b9f6554b1407e SHA-256: fa2254fddd9f5f694b35e9307251dd664303c994db644748d4467e604a498627
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f62efaeb3f---29065072078.pdf
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/gufidoko.pdf
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/suteziwokolavodebu.pdf
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/53644216249.pdf
    • http://ahzgbh.news-read.com/upload/files/ravekukofogibaw.pdf
    • http://czechnews.cz/userfiles/files/14794541461.pdf
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364e2c73220---23978532710.pdf
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/6485667373.pdf
    • http://truhlarstvi-strakonice.cz/files/file/56602522165.pdf
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4218774b3d047bf65a69be410e29a77/vekuzadaw.pdf
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/2885906856.pdf
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/bikarugunawixiv.pdf
    • https://megacook.pt/site/upload/file/35841704445.pdf
    • http://guanzhuli.com/userfiles/file/fajaf.pdf
    • https://krygina40.ru/UserFiles/File/powulo.pdf
    • https://underworldgear.com/admin/images/fckImg/file/jopejariferalebujutixot.pdf
    • https://ckfinder.pamlskovnik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rakirubodometerev.pdf
    • https://mogilew.ru/userfiles/file/dulilizoropemosi.pdf
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907235722154297.pdf
    • https://stormester.no/files/file/vutoxidojejaxazerivuv.pdf
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62500053761.pdf
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11957578563.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ha+tunnel+plus+app
    • 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_off0000d778.bin
0f0e30f546b588690887faaf3ddc2370d571c44640d4bc46f691a66849745bfc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD778 16384 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000101b5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000119cc.bin
402c4120302ac98991110e206cce0ba0627d4ba66fb52ddde0ef32ac269d3177
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119CC 10024 bytes