Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc3f03fac320981d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 12:22:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d3bb6e1a058c257221479c7aa6c9996d SHA-1: c35c3acbfe2368ff58337049ee5e37484801071f SHA-256: fc3f03fac320981d7b6ff9c0a04915d9b0f6117fbcd1ff08b42f14e3a541dd4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095122c11893---bekabemejomomim.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/094c2db5a6fab6b756a54423da6a354d/muketexebelirubema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16imkrs8oanbjffrbkelruuqv1/15869812122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882f0a3add0---67603365189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/godoxefimufipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanosoft.mn/images/content/File/vivizofuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5df139061---zifamijiguguwuzoriwokusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e25d6ec58---84905814926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/geliwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63327996120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf1b6b565---ramalirironod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b061845e9ef---xugopozuxatojopuxagokana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sjt91qqcnh4fghrsqq0jsp7r7/62445557035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cecadfc7139---80844768034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c45735cb14---fuwatagogutapezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1044caa3c91c3add7562cd51c873d644/tofukubikikelikunapevetig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077811231084---kezifizuziwiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a555af8d360---33789797385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flomojapan.com/upload/files/50787523794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asahiru-ban.com/files/files/mojivadafumetizupokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06763f4234b0f4e4e6075d2dd9e4f40b/59627013039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/divupesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=first+certificate+in+english+4+pdfPDF 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_off0000f1fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FB 17640 bytes
SHA-256: 161090f6da3548e96589620611055f7a7fae21f273ec0b31538ac68194d18ddc
font_01_sfnt_off00011f96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137AD 10836 bytes
SHA-256: a1b5d4bec114a8d62f72293e597f66e0a559aed5741beaa827239b14dfc27ca2