Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa4ca5fde5083295…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:51:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: eb96e394472705a0c0d6830d648af9ce SHA-1: d8a7ff021a16999b2bb82eb6f5cffb6f7f2af610 SHA-256: fa4ca5fde50832958fcb6669e9626567586cdf5932b0d2716ba1dd27460fc66a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure itself is also indicative of exploitation, with duplicate object bodies noted.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+save+scan+file+in+pdf+format PDF link annotation
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f1494a27589b55708b107fec878f6ef/bapegikobabumimugaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea6154c708---sepidotipekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ge6hr0cn9qh1fgkmjvhv2kie2/62809409402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/sizatubufajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f8790247a7ef0638ca24e44ab77299a/66598090249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c87aa162ae636575ada9e270481e2ce/74260543468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81fb49fba5---motulexarenipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/sekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d8013677bb4af7e940981facc1029e7/lenidexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986d0f324f0---jedibavatederodoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210618155428139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/1675982631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vej0qlr0pvv3goohihslg4tqg3/movetinabatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c3f7cc04d1570fc5c6cf2741cfaf391/85962284804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f969a07caa3060802712a75f6b6332/milidokezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/66573698926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc42f430e2---mafakuxegopupebafilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8c69691a0380b20c9926d7b57f34d2f/savimajaxapokefip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e4a4bf27a---90582737207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84d2ac2b99cb91e3b6ef1c71d9cdeb54/zopimonajowesufijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/wupomoxobosepoxezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/45274946214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74dfb2e0a39eeb9d78e209477c2762d/7633294267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukezoxizasedon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96b1e9006e7d24bd6980b8c3abce1787/nipujofavakakofuxikaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/774440252.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_off0000edf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10609 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 221214032f19e829fa74b2aed143b2c9e0e1973d1d0dca7857d878b32f5a718a
font_02_sfnt_off00011f53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F53 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 67d3a6e7de85a21e9d8ce395adee2a0d760118f312baf92a78dbce7539449873