Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 facc6f14025c70ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:50:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b41871c3307701b8bd0bf9071b107578 SHA-1: bc9d874b1264441e6e49ec5646b37f2b2d43ba66 SHA-256: facc6f14025c70ae63ad8b480853fb4b24e422da14cd170db0bec496e1886c7a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9896

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+flight+of+icarus+story PDF link annotation
    • http://lotusburbank.com/uploads/files/devadun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800b4ea1814---duzagofogefele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcarmotorista.net/uploads/files/59108722490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/376c8685c38dc23dbd245ed0066ab862/67093338848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/fosorubagemojeris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/murasipupakive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d05e31ea5d22598a4beecd3d3f44cc/bofewolapenififi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimumunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/9466701977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://run2endalz.org/clients/2/2b/2b4973775a35d8819257a28a16fdea67/File/zoxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yesilkoyluleriz.biz/resimler/files/fusalusizixenerun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/241df62bd1a707440886f36e0e98105f/91132563605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/felozusuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bd1f035fc---88273226217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7534osa0pb4928uiqrhqrrlp0/9541165113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/wegomurifugukinada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cli-kh.com/uploads//files/202108082058465020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608abd1d173d4---21669708531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114e394a258e---wolebipelip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hazrdner-r4a10d.com/alisveris/yollanan_resimler/file/51905325744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/kokepemeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ff09eb778875640f4f56b891611905d/fekirizamuwapunerujunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44582978036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/95148583151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/45243263287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/wawupunaserixunelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010e5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E5A 18964 bytes
SHA-256: 24fe47d66142d319e208a2af388e6bc5abd62ffc13aa2286a2cfcafd443cf815
font_01_sfnt_off00014006.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14006 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 8d3286bddd71ec06c9ea41669c56468a25db5e5961ff69a122bbfc2486d078ca
font_02_sfnt_off000158c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1