Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbba4b40641fe212…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:37:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a7df34643f2f411b65a93fedb29aab9a SHA-1: cbf7168b1a21a3aec76a0df3f32aa18f8d83ee2b SHA-256: fbba4b40641fe212f715d5e67b5d4b4a2acfb3603ae6b2b32dddd7775e5e748d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms, as indicated by heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content-based clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://labonscafe.com/userfiles/sozowex.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/93144378635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/84497827758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/zonuzuwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/wiwovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejfh0crebns4na8sr25g8s8133/9712555134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuiquji.net/d/files/wuwikawopesopidufufovogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea5j88fjeeld6p28crqih8f19s/37222290535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascad-trans.ru/files/lexanidasepulefuxeleku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58d1bd8fa4---nimonuwasirimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f56ebd402a379778134fbda6c8ed701c/93797202383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66c9bf1d01f021e27b02a70e6561c59/93822591447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/26947650220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/67232328518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e1fdb348f---69026210440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966dd299e46---52654318663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/poxisijoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d29478bc00220196f4f36401dc18565/47608702792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9764a739ba---9151772355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/podemasiwulenosikuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/98899547006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c71f894afd2---xezegitulemenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/lezadatozoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=alva+portable+gas+water+heater+manualPDF 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_off0000e468.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE468 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7F 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 262af1597fc5da4b455cb65e81703683219fb7dac000255349f1745fef7663cb
font_02_sfnt_off000115b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B7 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 33ebad591ff25517b9a1e5373c9ea6f1a0e3b0644da4eb2f6d85bce6dde6e330