Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa3221da6290eb88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:45:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b0b0dc22cb9b1737b4313808316abf8b SHA-1: 782c31f97672e0e4662d01da0bf75828b6e813d4 SHA-256: fa3221da6290eb885bb589f59fb90bb9502267e371106f6c00940c3a267e3397
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking malicious links, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+protons+neutrons+and+electrons+in+an+ion PDF link annotation
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chsb5n4gt11tan79khthkukvq8/lapijudomelotitamisoxige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/23714907522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/81668066260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/dokasinotikorovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aca1ba37c063c1a080633fbe53b1c6c/6322586374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a41d0ed05---tuxajusutol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/64930344826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce4nel1pel9873dibrg336rilb/57781025405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54mkroh0p0ev3p954dqkkckqa/63145750921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbdfe568127---97237672738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/57592724294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/201f762b28ee20904dee02819ac75cca/dokajugovizuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/sozatifobotedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudokanogomubiginep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ebff165be---87820881737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/tiwaruxixukemetun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83skv4edti3vkf5nlc6kt3klq2/tawojujefikebakojejopim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/938d54fdab2cba310b7656d2fd32fe10/ragaramisezopakajanexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/31764333732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/60768042733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1qqhovim8s9emvt2kuctbrd3c7/lasebosixajunuguseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9be3e9f78bad91ba51ab063f33d1761f/96172192216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e3d2697e9---ruwasi.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_off0000e82a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82A 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 6906c53a851c0517f729bb14d0747187ab0fe4476847905c728f4c2dfb0f82a8
font_01_sfnt_off00010123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10123 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 9ceda6fa8ab54fc2f66e0939809061320b26603212e81ae790c3decd04b25fd8
font_02_sfnt_off00012e56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1