Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fabacb32d42344d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.1 KB Created: 2021-09-29 02:09:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ccac03780fac3bc97f03957d59aeb823 SHA-1: 9b872ffb76f9a1d07a837538b7218df093e22824 SHA-256: 4fabacb32d42344d918117d4c564d9d687d6a3298522a5b7bc7c325b41ba764d
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a link farm. Several heuristics indicate the presence of external URIs and links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to external sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6188

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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 http://gamecoast.by/uploads/files/58647264121.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://akekaluck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sebejuzowepafezokinoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igraonica.me/userfiles/file/64947773335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crbz.ru/userfiles/file/95184693134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/bulupelevojekuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.org/contents/files/mazaguxumipatixilaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents/files/67481330002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talesma.com/E/file/44926519336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnartourism.com/uploads/file/33806453397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.com/resimler/files/64788690672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/tofipopusokebenepupusakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/49465270020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454b32ac4da---93516207843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/noruranoruxomurakikokiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ljlconst.com/admin/images/file/15665313221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeci.nl/im/image/jelebekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614641fb35334---374275081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/45165808016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e23d10617---61965315946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/sikexibosatavojatekugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadetubabebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613297dac9ddb---71176926636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krzczonowice.pl/gfx/file/86671025922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/98029955347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjseah.news-read.com/upload/files/tuvenamadusumupefuxubaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=x+plane+10+apk+all+planes+unlocked+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB115 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c92c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC92C 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 6a3497854df4fc118943409e021bae7fbcf77d53a523512f1c25f95a34fc31e6
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D8 16336 bytes
SHA-256: 61b9f787ac2c1e217981905c86e5e660f10c90364f8c38b81b58ac884c0c4c93