Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd3faf608870eee9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:00:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: badd01d6ea2dc87db656453d794dd3af SHA-1: dcab679d4ce5d14201507d9b290b7fb343591c31 SHA-256: fd3faf608870eee92c20517c7a5bc21cf81e28fcd6705b2fb3bdf5992d5695d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely to host phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1fbd9be7e1---76906055860.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb1d3337c5---51950561794.pdf
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t16sjpurgl72baav8c0e9l5odp/80546135772.pdf
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210624_50857663F98ED3BA.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/28701704050.pdf
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a670eb151714c6eaed97eff6f751045/jixesem.pdf
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79127225490.pdf
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54513358814.pdf
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a131b859a1381fdbe3240887ad700919/79011723591.pdf
    • http://zoldjogsi.hu/uploads/files/rimin.pdf
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/3454917981.pdf
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/94187113349.pdf
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68116450835.pdf
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ace8363366bb851bd7c14381ad1d86ba/47896982808.pdf
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/16472067336.pdf
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1330390417cfe9562119929fc96e025e/lidopen.pdf
    • http://wjcopy.com/upload/files/10950258176.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7eb4c0029d---vidakovujamu.pdf
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/wujepawedebadodaw.pdf
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/21934610651.pdf
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/suvosare.pdf
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/72057416298.pdf
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/jibilibun.pdf
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/fajaruzamitojafimimade.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=because+in+malay
    • 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_off0000f5c9.bin
63f6d056335c0edcea975cef3e3b2b6183e1cc6af938908a3374708df1797f80
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C9 10340 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d0d.bin
f826067e44909b7c418f4da4e756ccc01fa1d2b029d4098122033d25044c3818
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D0D 18528 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e2f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E2F 16792 bytes