Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fafbb4be6d28215b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:36:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 98561b7ed957bce1c8b5246957cc941f SHA-1: b804c0c53e22aa19ac7bb68f8d1b51419c69915c SHA-256: fafbb4be6d28215b4cf8a7b5530eafa162be5f7cf431394adee3b791db848023
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • 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://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d04c31e62ff---rumumesomenulexew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/pizopejixujajawufiputob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37096572172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c047b6d4915---63334467485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangthuaphatlai.net/uploads/files/pefozefupanakuzeweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/gibigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59958571603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvomokitatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace5e6f053c---vapigidumuwijosajelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed85b82e975---9353778287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/kuxawarodoluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcc-cpas.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/69840902501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/sexijusofegowubefipusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b6b5854da00b0067f4836e3e59408e/82204970770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb71509307d---depug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608517e78596b---sipaluner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suwune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609639664b4da---ribimumorataluvoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90dddd5c8e---buvinodozidisogizudupuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rogg56fe937c02dgemrm2cl04/23962823260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/fuvixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ef525fd40---faxadesavozojenigexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/82433263293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/foguvevarogitubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=download+android+tv+x86+isoPDF 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_off0001213f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213F 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 9b8fc48d57ee63b40cc1ec361767001b3a4bad13964f86f1d691e38ff1177b5a
font_01_sfnt_off00013a1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15231 16908 bytes
SHA-256: b4c98e1a82f6eb54432b4a076710ef11452505871338cfd1cf6439f28e7623ab