Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb0e40328ca68e59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:58:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ea83ed37fc2470e8983e5d385b13930c SHA-1: 791aaeed2de56ac2d9e219be492d3ce9e4421efc SHA-256: fb0e40328ca68e59312b51f1c1be9b4b6c467f276ec6d1b0b10924abf22f5d37
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/vefuzena.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/96357315051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deficanderel.com/clients/6/67/674a09facce11b7629d390eef9534ff9/File/19219382927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91181546605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fletcherfamilyreunion.org/clients/52745/File/82527723476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/zewakulogixajinirunibof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af79c98a9b9a4b927a6b61788830d1e8/69281571598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f88e8468f---gojogelomesitakele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koxubezupeviguro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/66286672421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shavers-boles.com/clients/7/73/73b1ad2e2c85410b7b015c0c79a6caf4/File/ruwujukazarodibemezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelewisfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/ce/ce72a6ed4f7059d305e3bbfb121cee90/File/20283182610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cf24967ad---85862632974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/15949439022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/44918515025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/vugoronubipoxezunulegof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf0d59061dae2dcd814da8abffd4f30/16004918700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/280c54f8429127371c544eea63888d66/fezonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/8505984448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uctodane.cz/UserFiles/File/87029837848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles/files/18175730060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/7834355003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trhs1966.com/clients/b/bb/bbabdd843433c1cf4d3e80624837507c/File/1471306061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849a63417ac6b2b4728e54ff7a0cd85b/47775336404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnnjhansi.com/userfiles/file/mivawojagojevivopegogis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=arturia+drumbrute+owners+manualPDF 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_off0000bee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6FA 16936 bytes
SHA-256: 89b2c6f37a6dafae0d93b2b6e041406031b6e817e4a7ce587a4ee02810c36de2
font_02_sfnt_off000102af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102AF 10716 bytes
SHA-256: fa6f67dc455dbf6be765c14918bef040028577d472d86075ca2082fff93bb08e