Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 faa4465b46d91716…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:49:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4403c59351ca3e7e079a711b17405e24 SHA-1: 76abaa1b6e2c0ed2dc715dcabb21f6499f86f60d SHA-256: faa4465b46d91716a8da2f458071c5aab0bcecb7a1220b06db6da46a35e682bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for malicious content. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users into downloading further malware or visiting phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80694519ca---xekosib.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24ded30f05---nixezibedanulexuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/fuganojegenupenarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/65779314194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7c94bd7da---88260034067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/34298224413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ab0f403c7148b57841021f3cb07901d/65785576943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/60799663265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3c11084876875eaf2def7141788547d/dujulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c0d0e9836b702ae8f34894a3d2f064/mudafabidunudisukov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f90daff51---gusexabesowowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a872690f6ef76bd78b0f6bb12aad0c38/kitusapafetaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b567847aca6---kebudovowage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac34b8bf66f---58560497132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713883215e1---jigadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dffc73c18bbfb7251b98eaa381d65313/diridomujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simon-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujuluxosakudufizidudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d16c19ee43---19914573683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/duxabadomizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/womavumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/68805132077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8dc511056---21565613223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5940831dd---xugoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210619_070510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876e6192feb---vanibofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=wow+classic+warrior+leveling+talentPDF 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_off00012422.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12422 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013c39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C39 10552 bytes
SHA-256: bdfb8fc199e212f78333d428341798e2c9e8eab132a6005da008e359c59caa17
font_02_sfnt_off0001547a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1547A 18864 bytes
SHA-256: dc610da6a63d7dc4d4f1549afa36a9293fc6de22ab84c008bd8be71a640e5b65