Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa41f031399eb7b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 15:46:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2c4693eb30104924dbd49c6a5e6761a6 SHA-1: bdfd6dd157800322eab6cd14d45007c829fec51b SHA-256: fa41f031399eb7b9888b1538d431d5d48a29953808470fe56032fc9bfcef5ff2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests the document is likely a lure to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a28d951b83---mubadevugoduva.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bcaa20304674cb1db90fc898fa81030/46673426151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/zitijekadabunuxudazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd30cdaf6b12fc7952e2c137546dd1c/17387373897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/zefipakevudafuwixumudud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://govox.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dsbiitnue9aivuc73tm9su5re/93037543890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/ferifekirofovabewopupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/wuzaramuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5523561475---87299412786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/71386555108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072efe148073---pamilomupaben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd7c7dbece1cd8fdbce8923fc16399a5/13926879408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a06f07a0b81e7d66a716190e21f8808/mijalasajipujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/nepejudixasekipotonelip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/gurewufelojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34d4efdfe4ace8ee1a320a58f1b0a36/resav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colescastle.com/clients/875019/File/vutijopewagiworaretek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/46617257632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe6dda5761---83811594858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a3da160ab---kibomulufeludodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c785abcf81---rusizozozazaxejoredodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e2617cacd---sofogikifetapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pm3mev97ekpd7g9v7oi73nuqr0/60774735660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc5eef4ab54---43444968796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=lord+shiva+names+for+baby+boy+starting+with+kPDF 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_off0000f8a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A3 11208 bytes
SHA-256: b0f455a3d4fa6571076e0c1791f67597d4e3ce7bba20dd4970f94e9b186b2a15
font_01_sfnt_off00011290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11290 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 8d270be815e8f39e2d25af49f2a481d9c6111485a5b7b36a489756e387dbe482
font_02_sfnt_off00013fc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1