Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa237e60b8b634dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 11:31:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 3f4d33dae40c5bf60824ec918e6fd6b4 SHA-1: 26a2fcaae1900c8b5ea33e79e9221d9d27d9c248 SHA-256: fa237e60b8b634dd72bc04bd038bb687c99baeb54cbc0414df1409691ba290ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or SEO manipulation tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+chemical+reactions+worksheet+writing+formulas+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/pekuvumobudesiguza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8460f33cae3efa9015f5c0e4f5d5b1d/sekomejijujowakudameto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/fulexuxubanibazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dcf2d39bd8---56772014022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094135dc98ed---12546669497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/gezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04d5ceeeadbff2affc78a41be1b669f3/gifomidiwatobadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttc-investco.com/img/files/ravunutanoxoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e143d42b44d3299edf95bb0c5c4aa12/30552553597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/mufupegezufisawolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/10047771533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210704061628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2221600f08---64266627077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b782f1d64fa---54335327521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6ed78cbd6---gawumevozimadigajinezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/63039459967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3f306918b---84490992142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccd6450600---63476628406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/76446882595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/pakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af85d9bbd6a---bibonodasanafikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c9a622f85---sibagovoxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/bemurefabulafemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a4087197b---rosadatinijumuxeketikera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/bebesefaladolunusuradugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50b78b609a1e051ea0ccc00cffe0e438/dinebamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/62214748628.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_off0000d224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD224 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA36 15788 bytes
SHA-256: f270373a63deb5bad6db8423f42ad06d03e952cb414273019b55a5c3a5c4e08d
font_02_sfnt_off000112b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B8 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 9bc2b60ada21b6d7d7fe0c172bab02bfaf3fab123c9281d26f6769a72a63af13