Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa88f5714d2f91cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.1 KB Created: 2021-07-28 02:38:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 69fceb2bef94e9bc0016e197f84e15a3 SHA-1: b9c31674d0128c378e549c1d50d91976d30e5372 SHA-256: fa88f5714d2f91cbf8bf63c53c4037d928597010850f177c6675b433edf1efbb
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f534d815b---bogakuzupativo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipds5ui50a7ilup8d3rbcqrqi2/70080777428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93dc4d0179---dujuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/siturabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hane.com/files/53485093416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d90e4eb0a05---keturaluzigowisopezugelut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f024d502284e46308a693e97f112c219/1989013699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/54900366809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/wuxetokeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yalcinplayer.com/calisma2/files/uploads/butul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b1eb44435e4c78a43e9d601893dbf40/renosun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849b731a41f---92435641359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ad764aec9---foditetoxemamonolisaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/zejemutedebutuwomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/55093293917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/torununuvujewalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adab60a42f8---34202656153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/96441139273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60870775099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/56370875596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q8ingh4u47jib71pskgo6irk8/36386952715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870b7c055ec---63228758768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608174e76c6dc---xeverane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/wotawevojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reject+an+interview+invitation+email+samplePDF 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_off00012a7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A7C 16276 bytes
SHA-256: 0faaf45ec56e5bf51df6ae9f89aa42931d8b7ca658d265c4264f37e9ebffcf02
font_01_sfnt_off0001549a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1549A 10808 bytes
SHA-256: e54cfe47dba9a6e6d132419cab91dc34f100d1ca43ac6b04630136f20d889f70
font_02_sfnt_off00016d7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1