Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa8242dddde5ee57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bb6eefe75c6c1a4c5643f62e30ca89c9 SHA-1: b91ea8787d378848a45b9c9156d66dd3f56c63de SHA-256: fa8242dddde5ee578570cc8367b25bbfc9652ab63f0b3f8b16d017b4eaeaa172
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to the overall phishing or malware distribution goal.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/392jnbd4i2masrqe8ken7gkpk0/67600747221.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/nokojido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/teguposiforawagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af905b85cf---8003966594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/ruvovojugifagonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743a2d0146c---88677415793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17333e4139b72547ac6d702064c15a8d/nudojilonumazoronitesuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blsfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/11/11e20eb1c47c3498ff3e66fc1941d138/File/37807199794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/tasazexikefusiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/lofaxafokekonewafawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bac7932f7b08aca31b7daad120b5ea5/jazazakejinotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/77158830570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e7a77b083---23429704850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsluxe.com/clients/1/17/174397649ed9f07baa8f9d9f48c72a4d/File/kumemifivuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nnetworks.com/files/others/fobitoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/sumulugaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/34215162235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/86492637832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/telipejaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8aae6e7496f4fc67e4ac7645fa4c0a5/dunibajurijirefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r08it461pjcpn1mppate8q8769/kezipalopafazafogab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/xeroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/zuwekeravavuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9hfb4i4n3pbtpanfoeh02jnqlc/1785925161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/88323913995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=combining+exponent+laws+worksheetPDF 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_off0000cdd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDD7 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 12c7838219e0add887a1300891ed95f660e69e731871f58179ae6daefbf83064
font_01_sfnt_off0000e793.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE793 16636 bytes
SHA-256: d0b503fda97e706c7440886b106cc70e0d92a6af0256c4ee9a9d54dd6afa544a
font_02_sfnt_off00011234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11234 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1