Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa745fb17147668e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-06-10 09:24:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 68273b6704a7c965b4dbdfbb2f1cb958 SHA-1: b2ab89a7ef84e0982e6335d7169d96660cc614f8 SHA-256: fa745fb17147668e524dbf3f756cf461bf745bac7873703595872ee9ff10961a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious. The embedded content, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to 'breeding cthulhu', likely a deceptive tactic to encourage users to click the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+breed+cthulhu+in+monster+legends PDF link annotation
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94763a9405---71972097111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/sajatebelelikeximaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/42353585250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1754cea8e9---xuxopuvitojiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/nenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b7ebb9016ea08185c6ef911f2a9966/14694929340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db0cfdc0bf---doxofex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/zazizozojibidepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881ebfd6fea---60649441065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/044ff3d14ed50ee978301452f82fbfdd/37936162427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0d8e730fa---85330111148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a98927fd6---33672571820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b701a7a2---torosaxitudenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c7d3938fb---refomogizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3158d9475919e4c41d4394790b5833de/zakanolizemitomedigures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b2e450fd4---37204461333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/pobipasafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/mopobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fde7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE7 5336 bytes
SHA-256: 85d8c45abc2538320ead4e69d8eb526f3859b2129d8c1b7499a9a64ef567568c
font_01_sfnt_off00010ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF1 11356 bytes
SHA-256: 3d9345756734472ffd2bcdbb69d48faf92f0e4752509a595f406243b43271c30