Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fadb4f77163fdee1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:53:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fd3db9371f85a81f38d180e749a12e64 SHA-1: 590c9d0a0ad89cf09b85f5f52b0a08d6dd87047b SHA-256: fadb4f77163fdee12f473737029f5ec8d98016159f5dc50a7d783763aac3fb12
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to algorithmically-generated URLs and compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojan PDF. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs point towards a malicious download or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=top+free+live+tv+apps+for+firestick PDF link annotation
    • https://fleuriste79.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suluzidimobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp2wronki.pl/fotki/fotki/file/59014351507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/lagebojijiturelevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacituran.com/userfiles/file/1093458424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613530671a36f---31118502675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/89752437694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/51923676974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alariel.be/userfiles/file/fakodosofilegimod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yam-token.com/business_school/uploads/file/64197099598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcubezpieczenia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/4060261961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swaarm.de/app/webroot/upload/files/4697987359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/14753400025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/fuveramogomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/dupexapiwizizezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cincia.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97947271858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philboyd.com/zunusexufolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butufokakenolibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ac738dc18e990930d2509341563dc8b/38539956470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hideab.se/tc/Mediagalleri/file/74000348232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubovimefozonubowarufofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xebecdesign.com/xebec/userfiles/file/19705900599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espritgt.com/userfiles/file/86468552009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdb4905971---zigilopafojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/kozixugapegimama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoquimicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55269233690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210908/16310630817517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC295 16308 bytes
SHA-256: e4d49015ce30c807dba6cec4e857649400f8fce56b8e158a09f22387a3d90fd8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A0 10492 bytes
SHA-256: b755210d09cfc4a5f552ccfb5273f6c335b733e765477dbe8b99e21c58acc733