Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa9b6003b52ddf32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:18:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b27c2cae4edf95e91d8b966ad12ea256 SHA-1: 0d6d08c0e0a9d9928ec58efcd7f679fba6d60b3c SHA-256: fa9b6003b52ddf32024ae770cf0177d48f6eafdf56f48f285b550fa6534be0a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gucci+investor+day+presentation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94543700296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marikakozmetika.hu/editor_up/samapogosavugagibibikape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musagomiditikamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fce2b9efeb2---45105381423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fornacedelia.it/userfiles/files/xidobowabefutimupaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430144514563642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/zixadatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161294cb411926---72126083222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de49bcd75cd24889e0548ba1960f8ec6/gifipukolinolisuros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb3c31f149657172512139a4f68aa2b/74185631604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e20999427aa61de7e7a95e84e6731e/67949948143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/kebufibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/basetazibonabupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad58f740b7---1352732061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio86.net/fichiers/bixoxipebegabogisopuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b5adc82b7---82699282404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j8fm4e83hlfe76tcgap7pc0bh/5172756850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6cd50ae81---pitudigaxogiladusike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/43125752952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda823d6fc6c4e8b10fa65ddc9210ddf/pulunidilusewuwezorutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/94125413884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fefcd28614---90120976536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/2021610626414451.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_off0000ef57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001076e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1076E 10888 bytes
SHA-256: e1ff3d8240f31f0f7232dfa9677d046752de82c73eccb0ae8b308c07f73fb154
font_02_sfnt_off000120db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DB 18308 bytes
SHA-256: a50ce6e8ab721335a0e8753d1326af8d2d19e5f5a1683b61e342f8ea576f2f7a