Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fac6e969c4782934…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:05:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 515ba8488d8dd22ffd3454317c9e1f7e SHA-1: 468ee27d41c7b0e0cb74f4710373ad883efbd553 SHA-256: fac6e969c4782934d8d77d3cd581f6cc14efb0f0e527bfbb10168038462ea7f0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF containing an advance-fee scam lure, aiming to trick users into believing they have won a prize or are entitled to funds. It utilizes a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, directing users to download further malicious PDFs. The embedded JavaScript stream and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or scamming attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8488784c10---warukopi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609827a965a0f---25144588180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5tod3qadur2c1orqpdkaijkcm/demiwamimejafugudasigipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/guwenejinurupurivoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721f8eaaca3---22142141540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/doroxavenag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161067c7d35b72---nozeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41c2d91c20---78783851373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d75fa09217a---4299589380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i4drfbcu8ijrvam8jgu0cscl0/23536219318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65326755837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/su0sp7tptcnp6f126jj5bvrmek/gesizinudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/99798225944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4a5a8e0cc---33176618659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/remup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/78543933638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8e5e6554f3---romebigexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/lufofimebixulaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lomasdelaweb.com/userfiles/2008.09/file/guzewavovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f259f0806---gigiper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48207566445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bubakaxaxanilevesixide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ximangsongthao.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/33000448109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/18891241235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cellsalive.com+bacterial+cell+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c27c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC27C 10872 bytes
SHA-256: e9c09c63c204cc33bca3fd8180443d1edd5911c9054f21f3edf75b8cf9f4d507
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB9 16488 bytes
SHA-256: 95ab386f1ad97293354cafb977d27619c21018546e205294fa8a60d6aaae5f50
font_02_sfnt_off0001062c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1062C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1