Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa77732e8d7251d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 08:17:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 77b6ab5011c9336891efdc2927bde27a SHA-1: 88ca0255a1e3fecb3607f65f5f60d2e7876b325a SHA-256: fa77732e8d7251d3bcdda5187fa41fe4a2bb61e1a5fa57f33dd1deefac1f572f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to exploit user interaction to navigate to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99c4bb731acb5b2f3d11295af074c708/2565137237.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8c3af0a38---suverudepidewineninupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sr7ae0t9v90alb58p95gqk4c2h/xujuveririf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/982d09ed02e8c6156000268cc0e2fd42/matidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/geguzezife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80472aa2ff3594a50a8707b32addaa00/5034479685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01ed4fe3b937dab8a1eba4ca8283861c/fuxapadimanufufibojefevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070392564c92---pavagexifalivotixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a296db156a5e233e98336328643b89ad/sajupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/49060757649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5ed9216ead---filuxudetafizaselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd8d34cddb---86982572783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-ideas.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19723857387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeecced937b274860aba9debb2b3fd70/49746275691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc20dc5ef3---53792391704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc2039bef0---wutizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda6326d146270a569ce236d6a0a7059/tulapajufodotufavedixixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caryhigh1987.com/clients/41333/File/41973097356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b69895aae---8888495258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cittadelmiele.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd468246376774d15e5a2b60a3d3c8fd/soxofin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06590d533fb742d38c0404a683d12b03/joguxesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210626030020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7id1l4620cphes3e1ngn1ub9k/8792057270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpspcb.com/uploads/files/guwogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=doc+rivers+callie+riversPDF 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_off0000f9e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E1 17456 bytes
SHA-256: c0f18d1f4ec46cb37686014968c72e1446e5fec76485282c142fc6756a59a646
font_01_sfnt_off000127b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B3 10088 bytes
SHA-256: a7ab125c11e4eaaca2d3123fe5119afb0e875aa7e9323a7efeba2c731b3f41a9
font_02_sfnt_off00013e4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1