Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa5be1b801a02c8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:50:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 28cf4d686752ae3d0af834676edc1b5e SHA-1: bf819966baced0ad5dfadab0d0eec2bcf84e6090 SHA-256: fa5be1b801a02c8a53b79b0e69c2f8c690d1bed02e292a4399ca7ea1138a73ed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this is a tactic to lure victims. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://kfbi.ru/content/file/kimunepu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff8bf120aa3e260ded695bdd657bf3fe/virotarejaxibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/wilegalavawasuditupefupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160f81841b53da---berododuxadopojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/kajunisenoporemivaxoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/banowewuloxudajelojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-motorcycle.tw/upload/emotorcycle/files/jiveveturiwagenagoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814cc718937---21103421482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33915133605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/vufizikepanonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/91352461812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/guzenaxuzivinexuzetonozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adec99c47db---25557271470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/nogewetagevadovobax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebusezamisotovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/5638350689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210731052143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/gaxunixesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/fupibipunevemisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/loriporujurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32264405621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f98949876---18228386687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geraldinekilkelly.ie/guzodosuvuxavexuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0idg9gbaadtuhgvt2rhog6hg6/68114133975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=terpenes+structure+pdfPDF 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_off0000bf04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d71b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71B 10256 bytes
SHA-256: a4955fe2336fdef065042013a3a05d9f515317327b9e354753b917424164ace3
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE45 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 56ea166ee78546bd6a8e790de298462505b06770616dbf46726415c88aa56f84