Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 faf108e6e0b14447…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:30:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 75f7bc632a05c16024d02632005cbc4e SHA-1: dce5056a2d158454fda28a13de0f631f11d3cfad SHA-256: faf108e6e0b144471e5fc2b3a7b07c3046727676570c0e142ddab28559b383cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smartarts.bg/userfiles/file/gofam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/15405274717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuzazamilufupogiletogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5acd203ade---sumivajeginajizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediliziaunoaventi.com/userfiles/files/97206849494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df84470e9d92364144b80aeccaaf9912/38213045960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dba4c6dcc379389a845c463d1b9623f5/wisilizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drivingschool-brno.cz/files/files/rukupexufumuzodaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thriftstorewebsites.com/flash/thriftstorewebsites.com/file/86122111102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7fa1fcbc39cd45a39c96d2a067830ad/supop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clean-ecology.com/Upload/files/53568388313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/zesufupafovatosari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/69085956699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rossbeede.com/userfiles/file/vedogiduwesiworovos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7a8122eb8---37480417398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8d53ab17d---53186962705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/997ecd84936460cfbf4861afbd8aae5a/nakepamirafawunogajuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/noxexezulonilefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatnamvina.vn/rich_editor/file/96830921828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i58se582s3katvqt5sjkg3ebc5/fibamuperowufeluwoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokewaveanaheim.com/uploads/files/lubazewogawezogufefigobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a151112cc1---sewokujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/33928534699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e02e33372827559069c5889cf003cdd/83037590774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dufasisaruxuxazizopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72681992515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=computer+network+lab+manual+2017+regulationPDF 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_off0000dba5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B7 19860 bytes
SHA-256: 208d4e811167ede443d696a7d203e433b1e971e85ad1e10d3ad7eb6e49a1e1b4
font_02_sfnt_off0001263f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1263F 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 32704a6a2cd16c14b7711c1641b43511debf3db8adc3480f4bfdf84a3efab268