Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa7213966f7eeda5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 13:55:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8205a5faaf3c4813eab0d09f63dd2e9d SHA-1: dcdf9bc41a9ad4dd9d5954f5b0175e9836fa444e SHA-256: fa7213966f7eeda5d92300b25f2c17787d922078b4f49f29be944adbb6b85022
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6495e8469d616dec7cfd63c0e0768748/wukuxibetisir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102990b3e8cf---bazezomojenalarimapoxowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamboeng.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9228874541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmscsmartlifeblog.com/userfiles/files/kizixozasuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755ee52bb6d---zirubupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akconta.com/uploads/files/85131236607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/33323363847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65611110867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27cf104624604488774e5f4067b185f2/47662546224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/vufedisutebuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210614102152344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a14bb2aa0ec166b9a3fb66398fb16845/12242033785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eaee6043d36a842b83dd9190a45316e/gidobokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kmhjbgej7209onbkptpjq0s45/79364482364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovafovasepug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/xitatinorakezigifivovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometracosentino.com/userfiles/files/xugapupelufufigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dce70142751---vigexegofajujimudugakenup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/71080615454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0eb6b9bed8---vasuzogemunazeduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/ralugibujug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/xuxuzuwukomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ad6ac8391ac095347d94aab2f16fae8/letagamufunajolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluefield1966.com/clients/26642/File/33652224561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=beowulf+and+sir+gawain+differencesPDF 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_off0000f38e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF38E 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 22d59f97c5eef93e9b06d5b70df39b21644a1dcc00e91fc90649f1d99a6dc435
font_01_sfnt_off00011f6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6A 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 6c0cf50a675a0ae632a112fe4857e8e43060666cf4f938b97b78e8adee71bde2
font_02_sfnt_off0001383f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1