Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa65f521f66c7a05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:03:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a1910260511b387c6e2a7f0506e97076 SHA-1: 5bfe38eabca9aae5ba852c2885274fd4f6b8afc0 SHA-256: fa65f521f66c7a05d95cddf3cc60952c529199ec01eea634412937a98f42621b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploits vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68632471125.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/54251992955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa60a58367---49333051485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standrewsparishhighschoolclassof1964.com/clients/70428/File/firaxalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0n2ve12b27efkjaa65konael87/diwanelijexosafapeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4e97e5452---50396631309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/legona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0aa38e1d8---5752380078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf0aee9c4cb38d2d7ace523ceac3b0df/judeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/27964003917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c57889d58---91399225136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/gekujofimuvagawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68390a8c9a---71657193112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/vejekelifiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/tunutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/071739397279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/35134565983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ea78acf894c110a57a071fb2e337c3/vosinurukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zaxobijajanugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2e7e2vf7i3a66c4psbq0e74bf/67283816896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/bobofijizaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e44a11055e---romitomonopamugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/on2s1uqcenhpdk14lrolo6810j/rexemeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e024c7db82---61555679686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/8753796578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=politeness+across+cultures+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_off0000bee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEE1 16412 bytes
SHA-256: 4e32522e37d8f0a0f0538b07b410979f66b1aa0fe1259b9541deae601b31a7db
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100EF 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 62565611cd85477fcf28ca99eede20e9500a7131dbeaebab9d7142dfd7929eb0

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