Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa5c484724222cfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:11:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 163128236e58335ffcaaaf19db97d5ae SHA-1: 207648c17604163bf039c1d9afc7a477fa1a40a9 SHA-256: fa5c484724222cfe622a5a69366eb1be27a8088f2e8015df40dd97120ac0f444
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

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 https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd6bd94a05c---favexasu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7b910c814e---wifukemuzadeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cf2sc.cn/userfiles/file/nevesevewurefupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajemupunufofasitasemod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/gepebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55jabo3hnuvc8l2kabe4lqcb6j/16496649301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/nezekakogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/sakolikivimomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/famivogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/12714682048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077073a175d6---kibawudexodomesufekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thd136nj8ccjrujqqq664kmmsq/96672958760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kemop6b720fta80uc8n2h4hk11/labovagomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/vogimavivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608192c6aaf02---36702715189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e27336cbc---nuwotowoduvesuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b472b0ed5---nidomawopisosukidutitisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b889c1da57---zefarozejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rchs1964.com/clients/5/58/580abc73d3aac4ea3a2bdd7c75327783/File/paginulewipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xyr59.com/filespath/files/20210903100646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/gedonapulexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b159efdadd49e34222ef16e77d163a1b/14511942998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/sewibudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makipelopixafudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3df1f7efef---53869752037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=lymphopenia+causes+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_off0000d8ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8CA 18660 bytes
SHA-256: c7c8685eab94e7913c47676f72f163af4100559f90346817590722e0b874568c
font_01_sfnt_off0001094b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094B 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 56627b4cb2938864cac2138a47a41a4493802fb10e54316d59a5ec2e079f207c
font_02_sfnt_off00012205.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12205 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1