Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2fce0047d43188c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-08-24 15:58:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b3ae8b0bf69f25c780566b6ddb67d632 SHA-1: fdddab2abfa81b8f6e941553124db471c497b663 SHA-256: f2fce0047d43188cd3ee58a733892aa045a8f03f19e288ec8f214edb2cb4d6c3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation, while the link farm strategy aims to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection. The presence of urgency lures further supports a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/dovukofizedavisidipofo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toanlinh.vn/upload/files/51712852163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70806909166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83828c0baf3f8a9ee8366bbd55584baf/sovagofawafepumejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/ginabunofesedowobofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086144a7acc2---bixurutuwafusit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88ecb09732---87864533335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610965f0b73d1---xoxapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/60172460969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87eo3npe72tck5u57531dkkp43/jajivanesimamoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/1600321777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de8dac8ebf6---zigovitizufipefuzuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/fakozumojegixitakolune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/kizudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff2b6a7c7ab1aa686b81179cfb9e7ab2/dawurum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/runimiwidomegimafekuleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/27793241207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/47465958773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210531235930_162751892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdfgiare.com/upload/files/74180788231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifabumubesimijanawiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/fibuboxozezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607284d1252e3---lomereveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=final+jeopardy+questions+and+answers+listPDF 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_off0000e81b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE81B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001002d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1002D 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 160074f1495c55a247f1bad2d405654ffc40a74b3b41161f563c7fbc86c765d8
font_02_sfnt_off00012d07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D07 10936 bytes
SHA-256: d2a318e47884c7593aea85baa4cfd7bf57673c128a9096947c974c194766e621

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