Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fac4e0962d98eca9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 17:58:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7c35a9f6a278fb412aaeb3e6f8ee273e SHA-1: 493528302af25d43ceadccd919a87b2e414d4ca2 SHA-256: fac4e0962d98eca95f4196cb63e37d13b41800a6a022879026cc4ff4aa3e5a2e
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a phishing campaign. The heuristic 'SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE' strongly indicates a lottery or parcel delivery scam, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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 https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775b7a27616---47937427837.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db88b90bf0---nuzolevemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715e3462781---jofipobosuzonewalaterevum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965789acbc7---dosafemazorazifizisizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b75cc467f0f5ec5a73e1c3097ca6568e/55195802369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44f1b051a2---kevobutivasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/kojobuninupugiruberodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/35959331114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/jusoxuvuzuvosudisib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/kewizidizupozapakuronax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70603d7dd6ffccbc1fc9774202f528d0/78455753094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/wudopawubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/98737307615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toolsatool.com/userfiles/files/69879688702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/38844793094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/anag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb27ae73df---37179584609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/vimujifeveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2l7pqoqa1tcj9sips2fb7nqngd/kasemajak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dkb5pej1kuk5gq8k9r43gt8o6/457983893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fadad85673698021af0913a590d74ca/10623396510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=welcome+to+starfinder+boonPDF 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_off0000e970.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE970 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10187 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 45de7c88af6314c1903ec91d5abc9f79a50ef4bc12c5127803b33bfe60d050f5
font_02_sfnt_off00011a4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A4C 17804 bytes
SHA-256: a810a30d56bb5a33181c1138617e8cd201c39db4f88ad66e9f13dea7853eca77