Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fae1bbcdb256df69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 06:53:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6dd91007fa0f044d79d9d251765e0a36 SHA-1: 4d14169c9be2b895cf2f88c08caa400a261ed184 SHA-256: fae1bbcdb256df69cf22426c38c22b6e4294569f13a7160783f6920d642ec5b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV detection for phishing and trojan activity. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of these links suggests an intent to redirect users to malicious websites for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=briggs+%26+stratton+owners+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088452c4a461---sijodelefuzagutofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jawupalujunikagelalarafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a935c121458---xitimunisovokuxixixojaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1f6c8b182---78102373757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjat3crvnhor3td8t8ps70ap3h/4737773938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857ca6d99bb---13476687318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/050330164258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085747e6d208---budoxubuvasadelonafareni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba89e257ce4---sovejiwotedemofikapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba89d2cecd---3928408588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/14964305564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jv7r9k5gj0bipsb6imktvb5ha/39025311567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqcghbo4hhqbtlhtgsg9h3p8ui/41822376662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roeveragri.ac.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bcd2cdf78177fff96be2480eafcdb40/badudazilezusovoboluzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e8800508af8d1de0adddc7e600d413/67493548249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/so0t004r5irbu4r3m5qikp1mf3/27532388123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d73e22cfe3b02396cfc726a00459fb/15493802590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/xuwanebuzakamimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d22fe1164c72e3572f2af9c140db0863/37000592589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2457cc2b3e1431b6a51ddf76fff2d7c2/49246191497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6rra9q1guj330vvlbr1945061/kijelibinuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8aec9e52d---merakajanebobimepituxapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad5c89f37e---9182160486.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_off000119a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A4 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 02a992b5735ea2cd7e1fd78c2ce80f9d06c6b32db3201a5f99bd659f87fceac7
font_01_sfnt_off000145b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145B9 9668 bytes
SHA-256: f4b41b8bd1c4f00a1bedb3a614ea0759cb24e9400ad7950735f7ad2ccef09890
font_02_sfnt_off00015ab9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1