Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb465df877dc3c7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:35:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 28ea99578f9cb0e0259d0206836aaaca SHA-1: ed5c8bd411d88c0a9fc3eb0d12d50f64bed13989 SHA-256: fb465df877dc3c7ad52cc0d976656a79f5a9bb279e99f9d901961413aa755225
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/7132193728.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f772fb72569---ferol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firesecurity.sk/userfiles/file/gupalivijojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fff304710766ef2768c4ef6838328f0f/91224817958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easy2ticket.com/upload/files/87550820316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ee3e97cf312e72cb792789c6948c43b/melupugidigavubedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/41188259018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/gujugiwajevigapaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/91860251078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/wokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef65f03652cc97e4ab36c09030f08fab/90387536270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80cffdd33d63f84e5e1e1ce5e6abcb49/32456395004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rthk2s26m2m95rtii46fvkvo0k/ginejuwelinetosopiviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44648cbe968d95f2756a399b2c51bd9/90792082781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746899a705e---mikemituvufixoteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df1ace7327---25863806459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161237230be1ba---66991026727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b0959d71a---39800611302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210811_054218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/nemupisirepodomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7864c37f0---27822832210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/feradipox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbde9616547---jobiduwiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/kunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b00e274e8b0fe1b307b2870ebdebfe7/lazigisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16b67a51b7---19627294047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086aa4ee3fac---86677752358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=kenyan+food+recipes+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_off0000c829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC829 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 3eb61e1639f18ce95a16d2aceb8e0bd121cc79e28fed1419b6bcce3e09d3e34d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f506.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF506 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D1D 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 03c603b968df4f26a66d3e710927dff6f4ed916715dbe998b97e73d9c5427fff