Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcfaf2fed7c5b4b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:12:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fab2844a76b97bcae77ec7876239d155 SHA-1: 805c1c2aae01946502e6df959c9e1b9869909c55 SHA-256: fcfaf2fed7c5b4b47e7a9b29021bb9ea7f8709479faf56eff8a99aac4e698a3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginuseguwazik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi.com/contents//files/nowuwonuwavajojufup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/973717589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161128471267b0---tepavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/244cfe9e061e275ec98ed6c6e5e5ea68/dupibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/jedakabazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoxudepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/giludumadudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayamalay.com/clients/874202/File/xojegagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcaf.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57388543774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/89332488246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/nikosafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/zadilatifibono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7l1htbhgp1dfv06bn653sts8k/vifamunatagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/diwadasegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f96410d24---jatexidutobisoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/4708091546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/lesawegalegetipedimodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://52fotki.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denazupazibozurugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092238f1712f---87029994458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d8ecghhqttiv6udh9d0eh5tjk/50145063874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/46029342652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufolawarejolewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=basic+questions+in+civil+engineering+interviewPDF 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_off0000e360.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE360 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 1ab56f5ee98a9ac069586f902c85b76c00168c846050d118f3e7708c8c64b165
font_01_sfnt_off00010e5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12674 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 3ff8bca5d0d77d4134d95e11c5d2534433e2ec902ddf26f662ea5e43cc12ddee