Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa6edc5b39c87983…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:52:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b6a24c749249aed1d4cbb6f3c5b94601 SHA-1: 533162d99311cad659340b9810dcb867f8b58531 SHA-256: fa6edc5b39c87983ef1c276ce498ce17c74e91d8627ab99abe4dfa66b7536410
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, evidenced by numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links suggests a potential for downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9878

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4299d7eda0---devujazurikazulaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9a11fdcf077d3b858ae5a03078f4bee/89293502281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d8196ee5be89801a06168acfa3eb709/42138667572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819c3730240---dimazujomezogex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63888900916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/48900517259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/tadenukanironanimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirinthepgroup.com/userfiles/file/29070918561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografiafrancescosomma.com/userfiles/files/7295289439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47b5071d342a2fc056d637db5b14255e/75976799172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faporodetejonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b56b8840bd---valewujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexsafetyproducts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44266102052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/16534175157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchofgodinjamaica.org/app/webroot/files/suxexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polaria.cz/images/file/19406823464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvpv0p2ealo41t790a7s4r6jt2/15885057347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/21899410565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/70700223995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/funekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/sizixebubutizoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otpsmoc8otf6blqtaja6t3at9h/31416347855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1628777929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimayphat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teronekusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088586782a27---50620168333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfifnas0d4ivhcn4uile9212q6/51484001926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=give+yourself+goosebumps+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0001232f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1232F 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 64c3c57a8365051013da870ed2ac50ccbfad119f512767338dc8815241bc648b
font_01_sfnt_off00013d61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D61 19052 bytes
SHA-256: b8318733fe4fff34a62aa340e36186ddec4d6adcc876a9a723debf462710f724
font_02_sfnt_off00016f89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1