Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb61d2ef206efcc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:05:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 070052bba726895ba0aba038999423ed SHA-1: 56d8c5cc8f2e31a11546a47439685f466f25fd59 SHA-256: fb61d2ef206efcc0ca3cf0e43f838e5b6f0ad25cf09d449d0a8cf1819ada2f87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, masquerading as e-book downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://parentini.it/userfiles/files/53085557681.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/lamisejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/bawuzadotapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac154629a3c---sakekubotimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sladkiy-ostrov.ru/userfiles/files/7289592566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/30921137574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/nuvamolazeroguregunuwujaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d936dbbf20---23047797220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e542393006c2ed35f8923cad9b85f095/68952933846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8a2108bd3---56255683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3948c0f0f1---27655763101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/bekanefewupizazapawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgqq.hk/tony/churchofgod/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibamakotefifulukekusuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27c26d6c9d736c7b625ede7b90aaaa8a/nexorodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c93dff2c15.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161281ab982a45---1448098132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/golijefegulawomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobath.com/app/webroot/img/files/vepona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/tojixirunagajapufiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b832319e7c2ba3fbb7d709ec1fed58d3/xenigijekamasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/jijalalibukimit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077358b43d4d---50239231377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fbc181126d9865b31b394c7a82d8d29/80045925734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160738b7ceb0d5---45041204827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f5fc2313c---20579231270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+semiconductor+devices+pdf+ebook+downloadPDF 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_off0000c237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC237 11244 bytes
SHA-256: fa1f3bc975ca005ec16105086b2ae5ae07520cd7bac683c3840c15ac3d9ea4eb
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f473.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF473 16728 bytes
SHA-256: a9384522ca697e973984c2440374d5e067936aaf4d8ce28b95d722dbd0ecf311