Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb6fce4951e67709…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-06-07 01:24:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6f3322e677332ebd8ffbf31276c97c15 SHA-1: b09765fdefa754cabc1d634ee38f8f82ff44b578 SHA-256: fb6fce4951e67709eaca900e5291a6fcc99f91ece19555bd9cb87d8a5b77a6af
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=johnny+upgrade+hacked+unblocked PDF link annotation
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/36587548603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abd1cbef57---jotazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160962678b8caf---67248144763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/17683991307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607976ed4a6fa---8253906853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/70255776086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8bd229d9b---74040289133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/meraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/967if7r1k80v1v0i22t15fnkb0/93617176114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948b92b68ea---tuwafikevosipubixojavira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca9fdb95d0b422150854a315d86118ab/24733854241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/60400618507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/566d1030d6b56c0d8ba3393a6cd2bb8b/dijaxolijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bjo6igmjcerobfht9vkf414isg/buzezezivanivewigiluwedem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slhs1958.com/clients/18590/File/92560766459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a13e762506---getudowawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/73704151476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/vitikisinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC49 5452 bytes
SHA-256: d52580dc2dabac3e4e28f743974289d1bf01316d18ee0a26e8016b40043c84f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECA 10068 bytes
SHA-256: d90ca70fd6d81fffa767da56994cc5a5210dead0bc8cae0d18e656266adcbeb8