Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa3ad34516bca807…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:48:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 13d4950f368be80709764663d2210a68 SHA-1: 7aafdca90cb4be0982d7e7c559a95aa92d5b4f6c SHA-256: fa3ad34516bca8071b6bd80b9cad27617476ede60f27bc15a47b6ce8c931fbf9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution, disguised as a game verification tool download.

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://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b46c7ae72---wutusaniro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gonzagafood.com/userfiles/files/xofudonevemozagegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyitotthetvege.kastelyszallodak.hu/userfiles/files/zigobibazamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/rakabuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/93247281526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/fapokanup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodlandhills.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/wawedugonovoxopukeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41nh12di1oe92hioooodav5fqg/39215184788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/zofawokuwefig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef5c4ebaa1---59211104202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/doputeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/wesujinamofuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29238d028159c8688617efeaca9840a2/75004490441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/4223935212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/gigebimom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/bepanexifefimifolelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfraccon.org/userfiles/file/fapizafirixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuzenenilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livermore.com/wysiwygfiles/file/67641778314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofurowafedujawasawiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remont-bez-zabot.ru/files/file/56182154635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82486543740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/bekutovej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fijozogoxorifajudagage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+age+verification+apkPDF 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_off0000e1e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E0 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 995ef4fb1e77df2f669ce431e549201f1bf8c7187d4b3b6ce06d4473c8d453c0
font_01_sfnt_off0001101d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1101D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012834.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12834 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 113b7572c55263354e70f0e7cdd612b106b8574647446c33a34a15ddf2362e98