Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcbaf478df5737c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-10-10 06:35:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a5017b5d51449d2cc6f733052214858d SHA-1: ee8d8ed688c9225a2c1246a0241d8901f0198007 SHA-256: fcbaf478df5737c07bf8d72724e84421ccaf743c55b5deac08c72217b5f719dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to malicious sites. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the true destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hemiacetal+and+acetal+formation PDF link annotation
    • http://lnv-cnc.gr/userfiles/file/pirera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmetinternationalschool.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55616184179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/52655131722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8466416829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210903/file/fojojojewoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-con.ru/upload/files/98850336975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/48044429477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personal.sut.ac.th/chantira/port/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubijeliwanerefivimekuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3f2b9088aa4ae8dbd24abd871a37382/72765399886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/60507517835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanasulcikova.cz/userfiles/sevelosepomovotizine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/17745904169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--23-6kci4asohe8k.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/sazojemuromode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/87208396462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c7713c9a71b65fc009c537e8928271/kuzorumabofaverusoxupites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estudiowebcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17681717360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/54644282723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phukienbep.net/media/files/ridivotupiwexapexutokaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f02efde5792fb01d69915087ecf6aae/81160763804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orourkelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/76062574854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161621095286df---45066114048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369e5bb22d9---mixuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/88860986556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmart-express.com/demo/uploadpic/file/xofusojimexufifijobexofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bea9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEA9 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 21c3ce62987e8c9599f796ac5684d03956439dbd38b20a5d5ef1e956bf715679
font_01_sfnt_off0000d644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD644 16672 bytes
SHA-256: 49ed708f5dd8a0cbde8b8cfa16d949129126a3ed0a517fc30b7f1715cc1531fb
font_02_sfnt_off00010060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10060 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1