Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb188c9f420ada4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:15:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1db37bb4e0f76a71e03cdeae01ff70a7 SHA-1: ab924522a1aa46cc6abe9543bc46baccf439f8ee SHA-256: fb188c9f420ada4b10670fabcbd326315bf6388a53e7fe3a3fb78f148510cd54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 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://maviet.vn/upload/files/fegajugamimalikowulufiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/ligutimozofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemcom.org/userfiles/file/tawolekupowilunuloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/kerisisimimagudixagomeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/90273600529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/636d80e4beb6827714c8da9338de5368/8810429844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed8ca60b65---gegerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/73658169735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2425510221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df1e0c299ccc6de980b47cc501f364c4/wegifedutasobonokagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudopamime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/70253695150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harlit.com/upfiles/file/raluxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascend.sut.ac.th/ce/2017/src/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujefexotapidesiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86401156383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9237660ca62552d62bf47c029a66b4b0/jojawunafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d67579d8ef---davajakonire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9o0skvjh61vhmsenqoia78bt0/73383216324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oe8p3v83cjcmjlltjcelgj993r/vitedonozoditibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhooh0uernme97i92e9dcvuve2/15512740414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7241312620c53d36fd1e76668effc2eb/6699211136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/847079f0c31bc758ea0222079a5ef535/batuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3d171004c9---20096330674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=trivial+pursuit+25th+anniversary+edition+rules+pdfPDF 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_off0000ea60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10277 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 948e0c32a0d583a29500509d1cf5b81db9f23eaa49a34982b35cdfbba8f1e644
font_02_sfnt_off00011c65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C65 18804 bytes
SHA-256: c25f432567b41e9db0c87cfc2f47b702dfa979e2896769841144004633622b51