Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 facfc5258513a57b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:16:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1a581cf323bd764665c0bf0488469704 SHA-1: 6f328c9b4f841dca22b1788aa03d91076f84eca5 SHA-256: facfc5258513a57b4fc332dd0f96a01b2c127e2b842b13336878c056c76b6479
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The document also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 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://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614169316305a---porimafoguju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.net/upload/32782645164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datenglagi.com/contents/files/83989242209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/31807795657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthimaynhapkhau.com/upload/files/nivavisusadixisuxasemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/nedelapikuxotunavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/zatelajasebibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinivideo.hu/sites/infinivideo/files/rikika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021090603290073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvofoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrr71.ru/upload_picture/gidevebilakulesomina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e85012d6730fce5b25e3a993f8c09f8/84032828648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/73560548681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9bbd15cee---fepidoraroresuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r43baps18ped7mjk3bq31uqce1/60245674255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2eb921989355503af1500dece09b99d/bowudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/80845837286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/loxijaterepobogagijomop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613baa2399691---gedokelafagofeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.khaosanpools.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55104187912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korvioinfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/fijuzoxoxegulaxizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yucehukuk.com/resimler/files/tavagaxuvusejugomaxewagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb5085d8f5cdecdd8a2ad09db77b3ed0/83232488158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=nieuwere+versie+androidPDF 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_off0000d86e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86E 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 2ac069fb709058bfcf6a871243ceddd8110bd3a07608618942dff2747a17033e
font_01_sfnt_off000103a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BBC 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 5284c7922f789dbd47f783f58cce04092e012b71a24e25050e2ee94b92adf491