Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa73b23ca5056a1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:00:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6d56f5bc8af0d383bd31acc78d0d7f54 SHA-1: eceda458c7a6cc1a147de6146474bf4dfacccd4f SHA-256: fa73b23ca5056a1cb80817a5b0813a0c2e8f7e224fe17c7e801ed6aa15116095
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing attempt. The document impersonates Amazon and directs users to a malicious URL, 'https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=conflict+in+literature+worksheet', to likely harvest credentials. The PDF contains numerous links to other PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate phishing destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=conflict+in+literature+worksheet.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=conflict+in+literature+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/jikinata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/mewaluponibiwuzojomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starfoil-mail.nl/uploads/wysiwyg/43011070191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhfat8067ktbtg1jd0m23shk86/53566057638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c7c7b2d38---potobesubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/loxibinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/larokerojiguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e85012d6730fce5b25e3a993f8c09f8/84032828648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608571f530bbe---ronujekoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859fa3c7be5---13438759390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e35df06a5cd5914c7844c2216bcbcf11/bunugaxitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/zudodawinobutinime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/16973522310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/31487798468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c83ada68b8---penebabafasolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa68a9256cfa4633c1192abb605f2a1f/miman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovekhucongnghiep.com/upload/files/80407794469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/2998593741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/damegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de5f952eb4---6736510629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112e210707ad---guvewomarezowowidodarasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b5d1293c26aff0702cbf0efc3fd18b7/domekeses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zopuzutovivutibefeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetypath.net/cms_images/nojefetorizil.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_off0000db22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF334 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 0adca7f905e6225a626edd6e2772dbd63af848436140431e7b5d6396c21079ab
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF6 10744 bytes
SHA-256: f28b4b06a776cd3f443f8c387b5b89f9890f32194284be4bf8041e9a8a82f76b