Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa8da06df12c1997…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:45:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3113286ce909b99933a580df0ff54aaa SHA-1: 4e3e8c2e01fb8dd996eac013c710f8f085b2db01 SHA-256: fa8da06df12c1997fb3542d608984a29f2898f9d30c98bf1c8d2efe2c48ccbd9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or lead users to phishing pages. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00b434836b---vavozaxezepizoxifesifebu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59b56ece6dabdb4c7e8678ac078039ba/piresuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pleasanthillpchurch.com/clients/5/55/55aa087cacc886b2254ddcc242c0699b/File/53579740028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/majir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/lejaxufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/gibivigigalewujetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5310dc003521a52e5985a280cc301b32/72032813932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986a9a83f5a---52823129082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsm76euq1763akvrcedshv63tf/14814069814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/68404520696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160addcf1a60f8---rutusufikaxujasesekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/jiladobajubikaresif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/riregapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72a31f5e107a67164792d3c41682e7f7/ritet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solartgaleria.hu/images/file/rizalifosemozaxapex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0800d32f7---takijufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f901dc559---budaxopiripebibomizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/sosavedewisitigizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3768d4adbfc1ecd51f75fb3e98f19ef9/41744688384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2il7uqg229d7oeo46chga89g6v/84782486707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/26287131524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/wevelesovelidagirerilevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078736d59d98---rizusasibemapuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/nagegubufipapazize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84ac8230dd124594369ac8e3b820c312/sinuvevonufitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=table+of+elements+heliumPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c45ae59c7b89288c41d5a6e699ff12f/pobusure.pdfIn 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://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_off0000f2c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C8 16956 bytes
SHA-256: f5faecb514ddef4b430ccc1cd40eda8bc0df00e2b5efeb01acd9b1aa71d49fa5
font_01_sfnt_off00011ed5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136EC 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 8539f44c5cd911f5f58a11edba421b6988e812a350a798c1d049f65074ecf568