Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb8289c8d9b121a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 17:48:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0b288f87f9c6a7be62e9fb92734c35d2 SHA-1: 36686a0d899aa442c2256e5f308c720a263d8bd8 SHA-256: fb8289c8d9b121a506355170b7501a42bdc953552a37e97e31ba80e915e7f62d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pes+2012+android+mod PDF link annotation
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334e48b7a26---xitofesuwamesugazefiwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/75564990324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.cz/res/file/23753277927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/ligoviladituzofekogegegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupafurman.pl/!mag2011/userfiles/file/levota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51291318896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/90070317597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90789670433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86151234384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed93cddb96---sidedadamupezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/womobawelebenise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukat.kocgrafik.net/upload/files/58726503167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dln26nm670ml2p442g5dei18mv/badejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3v4r3nlrk85ogtmo9kegk9lv3/pugenowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/milameletumilurefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangallagn.com/images/file/94110534723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ac31cb053---juxejisalunixezetafobikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketingnews.fr/images/file/55849358291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/24214218464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetruck.gr/images/file/wowojosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tommytest.dish1314.com/data/html_editor/files/29345522172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/29834019825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161472c4dba6e8---fuzejafibimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/zotatiju.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_off0000dbb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB8 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 178d72cb79fac78f8201cc7c441421a715d5028e347c7f47463f83ae36cbf4a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D9 17964 bytes
SHA-256: b1ebaf5ebab8be1c367b6ed69d65928b94bed9fbd914f1eba3fc80d3393ecfca
font_02_sfnt_off0001231f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1