Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa9028db730d48c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 21:54:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1c041c9dfff53bae91dba1846cdf216d SHA-1: f2850637e5a727e7250208f55b625fcd0de649be SHA-256: fa9028db730d48c63961a291e4e9a45b9a79c609040096981de791ee9d5ecd6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+and+the+sorcerer%27s+stone+book+pdf
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a273d5f3d---53050932155.pdf
    • http://globalbizkorea.com/userData/board/file/48376233526.pdf
    • http://tatvideo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34736293534.pdf
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/48902591470.pdf
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630754000.pdf
    • http://gyarmatilovastorna.hu/userfiles/file/xerobopoxabujasaki.pdf
    • https://kozmetikadunakeszi.hu/userfiles/file/43457661015.pdf
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tunugirefinakezun.pdf
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolaxirotunuxezijo.pdf
    • http://roletyhanarol.pl/files/file/65797741462.pdf
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/nadurasozemekejil.pdf
    • http://ptsound.com/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33576519637.pdf
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/dedesabevefazojital.pdf
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/80915092012.pdf
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31086791502.pdf
    • http://dc-a0dcf319a153.breakthroughsport.com/userfiles/files/maxiriwoka.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f231dc143---33809587895.pdf
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/gopinalivugov.pdf
    • http://rhondadejean.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5248476442.pdf
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161433a526cc20---befezuvowezapubu.pdf
    • https://www.larche-de-jules.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daremunadudumezovuto.pdf
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/vubujal.pdf
    • https://xn--atpta-nfb.lv/images/userfiles/files/58171262653.pdf
    • http://uitvaartverzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/61985028660.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a6133a9597---70491546302.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b3cf.bin
a5a3e42fab451ca002ca585c84b73ca7f1d60bbc3f5c65ed0152e86b48395dc3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3CF 18532 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e357.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE357 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb6e.bin
45d89cf8dd02e4fbc06e68d05faa72aafff3bc64fec3da72f698366bcf5b4f9f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB6E 10948 bytes