Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fad4efd471489da4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-27 00:03:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c5a8cda950ebe402638e54b258e999d9 SHA-1: 0947b486b40dd0ebb4886b0f6a6e0e648d7d3ec3 SHA-256: fad4efd471489da46bb7b83a1093cd151471c1ff6415ce0722b29a7fced1e5be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the malicious redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gfx+90+fps+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://kvizek.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59838613063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3ed0bf4bb---10834382770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/22615459893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/28381615774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents/files/gakawovisemeruximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynotary.ca/sites/all/sites/mynotary.ca/files/9929743903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d9db924bfb3e4ac05bfd6e07f8c2792/putidudazaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/151754569247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d943045aea---34339172174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f7ab31733f---joruxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/48610816199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serenissimaservizi.com/files/1513435737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfatreyd-mebel.ru/archive/images/file/6080002350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/xajuxujilavaxunedurikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148115957dd2---muxukixuwupovilipixavave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/31108113480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/sozifatideri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/doxomitenojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingkangchem.com/upload/files/dutolowokuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56fd5a24869bdd9e44d0f98e1bf265a5/43187626185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/kufogarolovofewasuwito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fb795688e6---47524116077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/petiweregijewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgroup.at/tmp/59807529806.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_off0000b4f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4F2 10180 bytes
SHA-256: c032c0a2b07d8ad9bdefa3d2a91c491008b7efdd71a0d92115c53e07ee9ed6c6
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF5 17820 bytes
SHA-256: d51357b9ebb255612cf629eefc2e6e32a18526ef88095103bb65d4bcc61752bd
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1