Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fca0231666035e7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 15:50:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f4e1faaf259c05fab24d5605bde69786 SHA-1: 45acd9560f1103a320caa2511ce3f7134ff9ff64 SHA-256: fca0231666035e7d7d2ac210492e5cf15b2673f31bc4ec80accd7d6e4e7215a5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+turn+on+mobile+data+on+android
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/wixavanojilo.pdf
    • https://deshpanday.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikeseritenoxufisipemejak.pdf
    • https://hanomanberjaya.com/contents/files/nubasumuwazepozuxoli.pdf
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210912202354.pdf
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139717be32cb---lelebi.pdf
    • https://hahapediatric.com/uploads/files/202109030248279553.pdf
    • http://araratmebel.ru/img/file/41687265346.pdf
    • http://sd-admin.fazendapenaazul.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/49895835177.pdf
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n81bnii8cnf1obbnktkuguuv2g/poxasanefitawupevijasija.pdf
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/daxose.pdf
    • https://sapsda.com/SapmaUserfiles/file/dijomipiludawubu.pdf
    • http://putzlappenborner.at/editor_up/49021722753.pdf
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/gilelukijolubutodux.pdf
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/54110349753.pdf
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad70393d53ab20ebf4234a6fe97b3a33/44039299446.pdf
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/paxerelenepivurenuz.pdf
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/28993490868.pdf
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/969262c8291f23875318b1a3d0e18f34/39755677481.pdf
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136117dcf6d4---51435909153.pdf
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a542910b5fe48bd4e6209af414d08e9/nuwajemi.pdf
    • http://fotografiafrancescosomma.com/userfiles/files/59836064772.pdf
    • http://sriraghavendratemple.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77879831175.pdf
    • http://geraldinekilkelly.ie/kufovofipoze.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_off0000d7a6.bin
76900d9d61618bfab721e2d6002f458dcf188c87232fc2e50882c5d5181a99fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A6 16964 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103b6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011bcd.bin
385ae49443e11365772668f66312052fc052b3b87b8c2cb40524b9568e4f908b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BCD 10672 bytes