Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb1023f3de1e0d3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:28:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9b2e458d6f12238839e15c7dfd3dca54 SHA-1: 9b1d98e85f0c945f4e696f483907dceee16a582e SHA-256: fb1023f3de1e0d3bf5b4520285233c4af279dcd22b4727db41c3dbba810dd9fb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple WordPress sites, many of which are likely compromised, serving PDF files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host and distribute malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d6nudglsq15ehe2v8u71n72tp/sepamujor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/tifubededupalalowuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipne68rs72ao6a549aup2o3sv9/zigagimefisugoletomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092cdf7de16d---posilefuzuwidawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753e509066e---pebitunetunibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b404a06ed---90769387731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbq9v88njpq3scpbplvcaf586o/fotepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdcb5535c2c---70901261735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa2cf116057d71c4e4b8e571ce6055c3/26506514023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/detenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/rizosizupusogalugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/jepebotimavojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1778c9f5634ed9a0c21efaf9376b860/totitodesupowav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/kixetonamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/tajezoweduburokifitomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c723c5dac2---23248318732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvd0a670br2bsn0h9qbhmfab9k/12751750952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vagk60s0ogcq82q48cvb8oi2s4/49679269610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/kugesuzutipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcdf7298960---mulalizamofezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6af48eff7282ba18d13e6f8c75d05806/33699365717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41c9c373b7---5756895695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edanieltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_B02398E9EFE37C21.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/74184256299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=smoking+is+not+good+for+healthPDF 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_off0000f814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF814 10968 bytes
SHA-256: fde3e130bafee7e62ff88cded523acbb9cae741e452f4c0ac6550d42d8ae8a0e
font_01_sfnt_off0001111a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1111A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001292c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1292C 17652 bytes
SHA-256: a370902da776964bfa76abd16b1387d52cb67104aa2a90d1bccc95b93310e23f