Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa863090e86ecbcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:29:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 129becfa1a436fdbcda186ce16bca5dc SHA-1: c2d7608574ce690bad94cd5de00973e6ffb7915d SHA-256: fa863090e86ecbcba572b56627ee04ac8ea0281e1b5a056902d5a4817c93c910
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic further supports this, pointing to a specific suspicious URL.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/49380377869.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793b9c90385---watawotipadafivebekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/datodivesuvofesepenir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6be618d350---bimafepekivojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/20276602006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff505cdd26---93678901988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/97452490348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.friend-match.com/upload/files/balodafazejebetalixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/47677533828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsclinicwest.ie/media/contents/file/89632199707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g1eftf4762k7836idhg30lcv06/semuruzir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/32725374152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97e7247d04e5bdb5d6c7c183ccba7801/xojerov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.texaco.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87974216418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pexaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/78488299895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eff7b22d3f741835574514134069f0e/fowejenubanetobatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/77736977601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltdb.com/UserFiles/files/veveginorarodopijetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/86767961064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb54a009e10---vizaludizadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c20036ebe---51821419584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/nazuguwujezepoxamoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=savage+3+speed+transmission+manualPDF 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_off0000d759.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD759 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 6394c984940a5fd4f96e7ff22250ba9d9082ccaa14e6f28bc59a9fa8a3cdf126
font_01_sfnt_off000104c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C2 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 5da6d96ae99aff949fd9a546bf36bf2f88221b000f2ad771f7a6fa31a45f156b
font_02_sfnt_off00011e99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1