Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa698f699972eeaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:57:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4da09598ba109027887fa60084f962e7 SHA-1: 6e4f2fd31f90b7f3a1f7ef2c602d1830524d8006 SHA-256: fa698f699972eeafb5fda4a5dae9798a6c70a5cd341894ba5bdb5a91dc61f94a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and potentially malicious URLs, such as 'https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=discipleship+handbook+pdf'. The PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is used for phishing or to distribute further malware, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=discipleship+handbook+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9949346553---60040362381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/53792591985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c05576697---ximevosifusibukorunema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5aaf537835---pofufataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzwgjx.com/d/files/9390769367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/30077175565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85465a94ffeb770305e0d1dbf3ded213/63419837314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503095911538241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://er-cardiff.com/eurostyl/photos/file/fobilulevitafovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb1682aa61---94845878281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkmaster.ru/uploads/files/noresizorexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/15849406176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080769f0150d---21977836182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ead91f2fd---83687353298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e745b8bba---68481110211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessnavigator.in/ckeditor/uploads/files/67471864466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.niengiamdoanhnghiep.vn/img_duhoc/files/vitamodapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontogepszerviz.hu/editor_up/54505295944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/36322540157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/zutawenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giyimkent.formenemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/paxemonegiguxilegiliboluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/15434690727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/lagikezixirotofimozunonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/jonilasozexodeliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/nuvopibegobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/88902289983.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_off0000deed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEED 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 004c72e58649286372bc595790ff434fac28e462665c3a84141c6865c73e8c75
font_01_sfnt_off0000f74e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF74E 17520 bytes
SHA-256: 2c2e4477fa606b49b2522219877b39564e1e466eeda20ced41363a4da4d02012
font_02_sfnt_off0001246f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1