Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb723288035407d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:25:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 76ed0714dd84dcca8dca5d99feaae915 SHA-1: fd58c732977877c8d86cda78221d054161a1567b SHA-256: fb723288035407d2cc2e2000b5d0b115a7d272d9a04165f45b522ba5e9c13d1a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links suggests the primary attack vector is directing users to malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fujitsu+nocria+heat+pump+manual
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juranotiw.pdf
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/mejezesokobimobudepe.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071258c44837---31277295153.pdf
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/bikujoferurivalawakuwan.pdf
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/rarudiloluwo.pdf
    • https://eucolait.be/userfiles/files/69102728284.pdf
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084191ee916d---pegolukam.pdf
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/3105151308.pdf
    • https://huaienclinic.com/uploadpic/files/21419173559.pdf
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/32178221057.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073da035c2cb---90204437463.pdf
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/24974205618.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjtbtr3uc6850bue8e0jqpekge/89840826925.pdf
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kput8lkfbi8blut25jhokig0o3/sukiwenumodo.pdf
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/32790321208.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824383a5a8a---sisafixefapaguxaxezu.pdf
    • http://sapaelitehotel.com/webroot/img/files/lodulewetamama.pdf
    • http://jfhcoaching.nl/userfiles/files/79532490245.pdf
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.com/uploads/media/zobinevira.pdf
    • http://cgpharma.in/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gizefisafulewesesok.pdf
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/23646020819.pdf
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/08/01/81751933718.pdf
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/gitevopojerageziv.pdf
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6euvnitvo75elmo2if9mk41qst/85078674466.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53051b4aed77dc73113c0ac0715c639a/mosuxemonejafatara.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db6f.bin
05cb157f8f434b9a37e43747d19bc8ab24d969d2815a6960a67f6f216bec1a54
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB6F 17340 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107e0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff7.bin
4157ca3e002e72c9352bb9923d676d118d946650c9f4a298be566dbfb607a32b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF7 10848 bytes