Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa33d5e111bfebcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:23:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6084042e0f7d7d3ee3ddb204816e4921 SHA-1: a832a71573eb1bec995fb585fee0fab12e4594b1 SHA-256: fa33d5e111bfebcda011fdea9bb919994845eed3e7506a133e3080863d68fa78
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this, indicating the PDF is likely a lure to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9881

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/3685093257.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/gebevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fields-on-earth.com/wenojuzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/95074010874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/33296014290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79da401286---64895929761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/4219341904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127f54d69703---gerosilumirabepazogofifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ece57d845---vawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36589d9ac3---17680000390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f6d762004---61278690078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/fazumedazuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161066e94c98b5---gurexowumobidamovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609254a744666---netazojopamub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohf1nc6r0ffjcq6jmr7q01f39q/18695823099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodova51-53.cz/files/9709769649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayfamilycircle.com/clients/5/53/53cd9f4101e72b768929e5daf979c2da/File/wewonogitirajidolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.com/files/usersfiles/files/bopirelezakake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/71044046075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/1129315209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/93597389138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/27404459894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6i3v83j1q2pafdcqm46qg8dap4/48699013984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c927559764---98782453483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=programme+musculation+debutant+salle+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bixadeligafuz.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_off0001383b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383B 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 0001857ec0bf3f5a521c605ac3c647ae45e73acf01e088bcd33eeb5355101b9a
font_01_sfnt_off00015209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15209 20196 bytes
SHA-256: a521da7793542d2813ede2078359cb7cab82b2ba8d157c37964fbffa7089307d
font_02_sfnt_off00018664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18664 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1