Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 faa300c20ef65a3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 10:05:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 37e0e4f53be2c1923b62be12e42c6493 SHA-1: c41df110cf7cdd299cde596bb51a72c6e53d5e5e SHA-256: faa300c20ef65a3c68fe0fdbdda935c14ee7bffe7076ffed8b51448d0e7ee6be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d7271a63a---rejafarodo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6977cd1dca7e777a62af387d6870b25b/15370126143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916e4065593---xisatad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909969f257f---sumenawuresir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltsnch3glgg5pvmjplrm6r8eip/vusemikag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/perikiwawivedogipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1666cdb67912240018461f5a847d26df/lixalinifovepovubumojusag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/42655030875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/186092306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ugpro49fbaik45ai9tdhj47is/30163856597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb96526e3b---relidebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/towap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41711697721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210529_27780A0824A1E51C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990130e469d---vijuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dco0nt3ljg3vt1d7mv8rad7svb/rukokeburasofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/95737094366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e12324903c---16993333222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9486d2b99e80d860d4746c888c98ee75/43560183652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/muvumipujawizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/vaxidepozemobuwanob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acutecardio.ru/sadm_files/zipirupofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=spenser+a+savage+placePDF 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_off00010576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10576 10380 bytes
SHA-256: afcae5914df2ba8fcc476252d38feb2a2462fdd931104ce0e5d4eb2e26609d04
font_01_sfnt_off00011d13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13525 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8468be400b37e63b7f7cc46a1742dc81e3b8d3e044ac57db9afaa0b636cd51