Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa9b7f165eeafbac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 12:10:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 12fbc1390b9572adac57fd83bb46043c SHA-1: b39dda584955bc935d3f72d2af1b54de76ea7e72 SHA-256: fa9b7f165eeafbac2c312c24b0adde43064fb8d315540344e754479ab8cb8f66
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://fusiongrup.ro/userfiles/file/26203610593.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nemagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrgmedia.hu/files/file/9171684138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/71574239352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9dd7cf9c3---zazepozuximiwera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoaidn.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26337649518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/musoxekexoxofasexozewilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgx.morefriendship.com/upload/files/8136341924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvine.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/43605106389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitoad.com/bbqjoekey/files/202109081722319630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.asia/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/99247433206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archbot.pl/files/file/97548155306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mydreamtuscanwedding.com/editor_up/89338511956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectagsafety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nodaduwegamarujawigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitarenozefus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365b9d3d2c3---34915733540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42507571287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fa2deb7ce---16554939368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljczl.com/uploadfile/2021090306192557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/59814870230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pusojesezimijebikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restavratorstvo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojubexapozenisufaxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdsns.ru/userfiles/file/15267840046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqovfqdmsg2ejvu3jh3cco8a49/lasikemavexodiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/kapavuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+the+best+weapons+in+dying+lightPDF 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_off0000e1ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1ED 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 8b07e373525c1400cb4160cecb7a92c2f1bec866474e95372db0b90ba2dd2f5f
font_01_sfnt_off00010f68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F68 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 468581ef927c9ff14d0b9db12a96cbf225dfb65a4549a886622638ced8308611
font_02_sfnt_off00012832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12832 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1