Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 faac9192f2898000…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:14:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9b56fd606451bab276a9ba9b8d4501f5 SHA-1: 16722285fba78aaebfd858e13596b104858e1839 SHA-256: faac9192f28980003790f505a5b7682d8bd8a739ca4fd2d9eed815b8be691e4d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicates malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvrubfpa8qf5iefhgh4ehut9ls/72006010444.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be0606f3542---99627340185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/volibiseregobexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a57f7eb144---87794806423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105191915474325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stphilomenaonline.org/userfiles/file/woturikinewige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b259c483340---tidakekitojebazagode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/374d9a07442af0087052313da600009c/86047657379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/glv4b01g17dii3n2au9kub5o4r/79572254637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dc5pfm4kpcp2kdgu80qbsisu6/begebigaxofasurazetesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aiq597f6am4ki91lguonhl5ua2/jikosapekuwanonugonate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/zapotevebakunakexafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viralifejubenolipigazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68116450835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91382572a6---roxukaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/bavurisodujevamuxopotaluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6054ebbfc---13942527468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfef3f46ea1---fisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a9f71a5b1---12314584556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/folavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=volts+and+amps+to+wattsPDF 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_off0000e61d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE61D 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 3c6e8ee99120496b18fb61fe9cefea0d53985ba8da47433b47403a3256619536
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD50 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 08f23c78a8af3a753b7ad9a9ac49df1f2b18c58b4ffe107012530a042a4c202c
font_02_sfnt_off00012b63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1