Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbba262599ccb7dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:51:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f3e4141ea7f42958c0b9c18ee4010f14 SHA-1: 7cf1719c1db9020737790ad4fc6b10567b406db1 SHA-256: fbba262599ccb7dc5f4669cff0bf830e4bc236d1e8bfc6a7e2dc6d814587ae56
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://ariaparvaz.com/basefile/ariaparvazcom/files/12223614936.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i720ejtk51r6uqpuoi29tcb567/kanefizebuzegevivemolebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/telotebubegexomibadedasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/22074629565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5805201426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/noruremitugezatoxixamexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenberetrotcmedals.org/clients/e/ee/eef2f5edcbf7b69ea683240098563b39/File/xasobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb338da96ce---lotuluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/98354617929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/86390599626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexigigenezur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da362fa42ba---jezeduwigomasinur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/namumiruwapodofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finibujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kimazojaloxozaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2156c14lid3rtfbgvveliubaq4/63906215679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/16460324993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1ffi296m63k3kcg68p5744all/xitogumoxabusewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natpuedu.in/userfiles/file/mogebedibibuvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab475ec1d9---91337416632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751bd3a4f26---ruxerurulosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77139722041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a132869e706---wotagagafivewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eda06f9bb1a02f57267def750cebef8/41170704637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba541324f0---33164820789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/354c6186c55dade05ce8f24dab429116/2316692332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=flashcards+for+differentiating+surgical+instruments+pdfPDF 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_off0000cb22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB22 11144 bytes
SHA-256: e4fb13588e48f201ec87cbdc528d67e3a7a7944322cf17c1c35d0ae3d4c4cedd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4BC 17016 bytes
SHA-256: bb9b7f478d2b5520602789dd5abefd27da44d86e8b43e11a5344111433c44224
font_02_sfnt_off00011044.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11044 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1