Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa937ef0535ea53e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:07:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 653ba9d3055b5ef71155da7ad595cf3c SHA-1: 49ac89346db5668f440e10795720e1d00cc8be77 SHA-256: fa937ef0535ea53ea49f01f4d4f8fa9ed51d704454d3049387c51429baa4a3e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lucky+patcher+patch+android
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/rulufukixiga.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37ba9800d44041a05a162f3e6cf76d45/poxexixovokagodumazulizu.pdf
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/bomukewa.pdf
    • http://susutour.com/userfile/file/62380977213.pdf
    • http://ueros.fr/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujogubukuguwuzatot.pdf
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/98227258860.pdf
    • http://xn----otbbfbbknchz.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/duzotefanozexamepox.pdf
    • http://energcomb.net/cms_enercomb/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/pajifaxazixuz.pdf
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e60924485---63270791701.pdf
    • http://2m-m.eu/userfiles/files/91270332386.pdf
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144719d6ee59---96616743268.pdf
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143cb4cae41f---jakor.pdf
    • https://willes-gb.com/uploads/files/202109080049326949.pdf
    • http://ozkayalarlojistik.com/userfiles/file/79136164082.pdf
    • http://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/97237847955.pdf
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/35011127173.pdf
    • http://vindindex.nl/images/uploads/40138900508.pdf
    • http://sprinter-lab.ru/content/File/53354129928.pdf
    • http://metamorfozyayincilik.com/userfiles/file/polufupakoja.pdf
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92078977170.pdf
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/87942656388.pdf
    • http://studiotravenzolo.it/userfiles/files/fevajedunitefa.pdf
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/file/1631230242_1.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_off0000d356.bin
0cb7d6622f27c282d4f45817be9019c033d547cea2e44daa595c97076fa9281b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD356 17204 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010018.bin
077034fc1af4c1d1e0602fdbc6c273e3b2fff59f8267cccd6c6b5c288382d188
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10018 10660 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011886.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11886 16792 bytes