Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 faf4e8382bfeb896…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 17:32:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 74327f66f25760d394946a27b84b73df SHA-1: d3551a1fc286fa3d4a7abfb10915c22b428ecb0c SHA-256: faf4e8382bfeb89637b21af34241c5c408f01e0531c9c5cc0c66ebd04dd04cc4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute further malware. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK specifically highlights a link to a PDF file hosted on a compromised WordPress upload directory, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns indicate a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de39d0b065a889e7dda458b04f2a61bc/jarisixun.pdf
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb5b59d3a1---95373261875.pdf
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d32bfc4e8e---61020254932.pdf
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/sujoxarudexupusal.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b93ca55defe69a262372fdd5522545/banuximupenan.pdf
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ba536bordo5gls8ngi9varsdq/6458544284.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982e244042f---61268889495.pdf
    • https://camelcarpet.org/d/files/ririzapikav.pdf
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/bajixegekesikomip.pdf
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hufiles/95803055052.pdf
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cddf483a20dfd0854884b70cea117f07/51713620262.pdf
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210526174320.pdf
    • http://bandenplaats.nl/cmsimages/file/nibudadelirefipaku.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607943a048914---22530925803.pdf
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5c70f02c3---wesexidaba.pdf
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/371fa067417aac3f863c08aa9d3e6cd1/ravadoluvarosakufuwid.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4943f104cb---tasiwiz.pdf
    • https://oliogalanis.com/file/lurejig.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0da30d61d---63624480243.pdf
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5585cac4954e1a90a1fcd7046a405c5/6269105045.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=convert+from+pdf+to+word+in+adobe
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cbb4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBB4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3c6.bin
9827b11c5462d1bf3935a9726bbdce3c396e883a1708994d967f7065f8689d5b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C6 16640 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb1.bin
3f447dad3af7ddf6d8dc4f312fa691537b84a4ddec804e3c89e3c7dd8ad6ee4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB1 10768 bytes