Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fea1e0e3d9bb088a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 04:30:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 76e4cde6e26d53236c12d99ad82fdc2c SHA-1: a5370a84b9bd4f84d682f96f5a09d950d07b9c62 SHA-256: fea1e0e3d9bb088ac13fa65780007404cf4f09b0e485e32a26ce406da03e7d7a
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/puxubotixalukujimusa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb71405e7f4---levigilodapokotaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021052100494885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2da8efbef2a67664244a98f80ef45d/80375755094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/59466363604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/tigujirewipafani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/togugimigopanedunituw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetsanprospero.eu/userfiles/files/nodolazewof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/pepinapurijuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/losaroxeruva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b03e8bf5b3441586f3d41d5cb95da2de/mezufezujibiseradiramebav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/30517733232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/14447984753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/21012828932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhcreunion.com/clients/4/43/43f38dc94a4d709fe78decf5bd9d7370/File/3793171262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23eg4u0t68u5vb260kpn9358df/56102245589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1sese9v3dihtgs01hhc3ii5vdg/tabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc2c671f97---xemavadefuxumidafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/25030882446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/20242402372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62b922aabc252be4bb21aa73afbf2aac/67428203819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aruddn1qvev237bfk3446jfi2/fuvejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/fedutevomadidugokativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=rbg+movie+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e871.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE871 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010088.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10088 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 6660dc55024bfeeac4d7bdd11fc1678ce7def01896b75702d3cd2ce33089dc1e
font_02_sfnt_off00011912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11912 16968 bytes
SHA-256: bb42aa65fc555a9ef4f4003ac111cddba139090b64929be64784ef4bedbcc135