Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb4c26879a3a666a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:15:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bc3977ba77fccde084901c77a92b59d9 SHA-1: 4bd355e7f8848af460731683f6f866bf6805ddad SHA-256: fb4c26879a3a666ab854e9932041f5161d6e2b4d462d01a8fdf67025b306f2ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, which are numerous and hosted on various domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious intent.

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=online+games+like+shell+shockers PDF link annotation
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/56037671822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92sd8dkbm2er5h1jbv8uh59q1g/simajobikipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/3228942241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.puskinas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujitofonometuwosiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/5821626688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3803117853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dotcomtravelegypt.com/userfiles/files/fomofuvetipolekawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tazexul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99086245775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartekstil.com/firma/files/fewedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/makonofeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140019c601c9---davig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613062eb243fe---53366248016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myxroad.net/upload/userfiles/file///fumafakenuwimivonedaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/sunagulijovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energywork.pl/userfiles/file/6114238726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/wigebezoginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusistoconstruction.com/userfiles/file/voziroxagopekovana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a03fa549692b432b64058eaeb3bb03e/59174719214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/godirazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/pusafudumixaperopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f63a03692---ziwalaxafowuzonogolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161425f9dbb22c---netufojasubiwefifukej.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_off0000be1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE1D 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 1ae3ef7a5dd58fe7e03eb45f4f5c74780a48ac722a0e115690ef3e50cbab700b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d67a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD67A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8C 16308 bytes
SHA-256: c93e6fc72dd8be4d32b35bfb8218a911d556a02ba446aec42c1b508e3f3d2787