Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fafda23236d18279…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:53:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 856d6e419457186a0bb39edf9588d9a4 SHA-1: 563e09a6ed2bc1e9878f68188d3fb326d48366ae SHA-256: fafda23236d182799113e11cc8df99d2218576a8281bf4c97e8e6c027483cd6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The sample leverages compromised WordPress installations and link farms to obscure the final destination, likely a phishing page or a payload download server.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ef98f18ce---lebifenipoxudoworazad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emailing-online.fr/uploads/userfiles//file/fikefezovimurigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa-hungary.hu/editor_up/merapifibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8513e9cd578816841a5f17719d099a65/vatodagewizabiwivovijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilandgaswork.com/userfiles/file/35178927779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/wavetafuluwoniterumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://membranekeyboard.pl/_data/file/nisokoxetalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fdc89c706---12610463525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/zetuwopolalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/62790768907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4fcb77adb8---kogilurorememumexuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/862110679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3b5a7f201732733c2195a4ffd57ef2/luxebujixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludilowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9gjklp3nfiguvcfmpufq4d1go/27425708358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fda24f8e30e---38050952093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/pivutemabenofonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/dibalunedefabiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bodanosaneminediwaganubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c413aca3628---mufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-promotions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42899803240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/65483559258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd6d7052f40---tawuxepukuzuzeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/64542504681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lonro7f39dv5ilusottpqeqp7/teridojeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjvlplm56nldq9lpi2jb0j13cc/88249571524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=redfield+revolution+manualPDF 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_off0000c5ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5ED 10560 bytes
SHA-256: c24bdb4a4bf0d2635c8eee3660d0d575ea8a6155710b673c92545beb567f2a20
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF3 16860 bytes
SHA-256: bcb4bb5de80ba0126ac747bfaeac1065341bc5c8dd07dae95d26f830b7b1bf1d
font_02_sfnt_off0001093e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1