Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa3c463e9c94ef31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:32:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 26af38b504c017f47ae713a857c763e4 SHA-1: 78fc8e452d198b0245c823ba661dc85a48b9b552 SHA-256: fa3c463e9c94ef31e94d46f62e80be9758b975f24e1abdc18216facc68c0456b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs indicates an attempt to track user interactions, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tax+calculator+excise PDF link annotation
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607378c477f61---taxifanoxidasizur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/novetowibitufabido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/46186339007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bc4b529d1---bidixejirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094993826d09---vebuxeveragaliwubasesunil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafuxiret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4f26c588d3e033fc32cd359fdae40c3/76849310771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f0cfb8743---rubosudapomipimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1294b422ff845cda079631f53123ac3a/soderikasikebujomilaloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/58152006384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/54033623552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/47517313571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belgium-ex.com/images/blog/file/baduwixubasidepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/wogeluxapoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85191703682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sheilahancock.net/blogfck/file/mebari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0bcd5d7b1---47990713350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721a80f3161---wanoruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f0add1e55---20497064060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/46310012094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85177486617.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_off00010449.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10449 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 8121413c0a6cdb2fefd9ea08f56f0c267f532c5bbc06ba420a8eb8290111ac3d
font_01_sfnt_off00011ba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA4 18636 bytes
SHA-256: 728421a1313efcdc9da5f6aea2d8194c3b7272fb353dc219e2559e4936684a82
font_02_sfnt_off00014b86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B86 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1