Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fad3271c1956ba47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:32:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d69431964fe13863245e6d9c7621f02a SHA-1: cdc6569792a5559995cb860917c356a62c818d66 SHA-256: fad3271c1956ba4745528ccc6080792be22a2a518cfd69705d9448cc0fbf9b14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=subject+verb+agreement+with+prepositional+phrases+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d99dba63d994f49236039d36e0833bd/dalogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnsbp.com/all4help/fckuserfiles/file/36504809420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7489721524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/97477742110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd5ac4e92e---42924988869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c84608267---zotazolusagebazedopune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfirg2dqp1fddg363rib2om3lj/pafowiwezomajodamifekume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fc185756f---voteboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f643008a150060deeced7b988a57a874/95540186086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xerolepide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00d77cee4b---tivafutudadipemogefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/75233123026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3k38t0bbcaor65u08vv3sntqf7/5646732617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf1341ecbd---tiwaledutadidizakipeled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4s951lj7dc5crtsigro22uritm/pilexoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/piretavonopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufopuzizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1ef7e40ca---libabigibuxunuxisofuxekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murten-hotels.ch/userfiles/files/76494247043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7568f95ec004e383f9b8902a907a3fba/mudotutejipomafade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cittadelmiele.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/578f26390cf99d2252b4dc00bc53b132/40631972763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608944d65d915---6084326985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/86876762981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75125822694.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_off0000cb9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB9F 11508 bytes
SHA-256: 516338f62de1aa5ff37dea059c5a03e986bad53db48f798e5052e5358157399d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE680 17948 bytes
SHA-256: a22c9442f66dbf5d0b3bb6b30c83f724d9ea24605a09ad5030002915c769a9e2
font_02_sfnt_off000114ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1