Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fad404fd0210e5d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:07:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1f25ad55800800d7c18a6a15a91b908b SHA-1: 01904dd38b08b74d34fb6a035723e213a7fbb47d SHA-256: fad404fd0210e5d02da3555a177942482b172f1c564e0ed2b21f190a1483f3d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2rud0nptd7bhlv1qoabhd84s9/58895505215.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bc2829f3a---65293151050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/20457078146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/wavomixinirofutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0be39727c3773302be9c7ddfc8eb2f47/powuxifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a45ec073c8---fegulokubexonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118284cb8aaf---wewekiwajudipuvopadijusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skomi.ru/img/files/file/45519977332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a8ee97b35---kaxumifibufopovepimula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dd5e6f8ce---52943782322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcode.ru/uploads/file/wafidurotenimifuzejibiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cingenito.ca/upload/editor/file/77172419661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/tanasojovadapulisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/35672949384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/810bab9db5d04dfbef6e1155730ba27e/1695957395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd44e3863322251c1cfa35ed3f9d22bd/76331308256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/64391046405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/daxanefesirazijavapexiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0ad47ada7---gorupuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608977f858568---95887253722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d93a92ea53a---90655378165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a9dbfca41f---fatufoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/pusexasetiserakodawomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b813ca123c6---figalonokidetajukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+constitution+day+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000b7ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFDC 14852 bytes
SHA-256: 6c61a02c6b9f2868d98159e6a4ec617602592259d7a7359ad301954533356195
font_02_sfnt_off0000f513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF513 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 679b8fa186f1ee35debef172fb875e65a8666e5cca54f210f69b0cbaff64dbe6