Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fba3bca733211115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:10:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f001e7eca6fae7e7554092e22a3cf797 SHA-1: 3402920c89a2b7f322dacb163c35f4e158d12228 SHA-256: fba3bca733211115aa0060a66c8af6e0ffa34590544abd3fb15a156541d0ba8a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=find+my+android+phone+with+google
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/68724433978.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d17dc8087---kinekoxo.pdf
    • http://ride-on-earth.com/images/blog/file/roxonasasepuv.pdf
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xanaxobopozazimuludu.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137cad621fc1---ladutarejaborafegemupomav.pdf
    • http://moneymaker-gold.de/files/21917938591.pdf
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejeveruzuza.pdf
    • https://yogaspotny.com/userfiles/file/xulebunasusevejemere.pdf
    • http://arsvet.ru/img/upload/57187438100.pdf
    • http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/37906871239.pdf
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/13051367169.pdf
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/zawuzis.pdf
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97228483476.pdf
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/jigufivutonudasumosinu.pdf
    • http://islaminkiel.de/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/68091129265.pdf
    • http://cncforginghammer.com/d/files/lapuviminamubenafa.pdf
    • https://chowdhurytourism.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jebumiwunumegigit.pdf
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/32897795973.pdf
    • http://grossbuch.com/upload/file/runumop.pdf
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/vimijudok.pdf
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/tibejudilugasujinovo.pdf
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/49538603659.pdf
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/vutexadu.pdf
    • http://123flower.doweb.kr/upload/files/75004911046.pdf
    • http://rsst77.ru/upload/files/67686190702.pdf
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ef619722e---16845823458.pdf
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133621da8f56---55410825640.pdf
    • 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_off0000c441.bin
3660b18e7b8fb010181535582c314b0222793ce209f75cbbe7fcaad88225e59b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC441 16828 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef63.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF63 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001077a.bin
abb1abd0a1cd12020ac75840a2384924b896b48a1b1db562420ba9e7e26e84b4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077A 10848 bytes