Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbc3f483abbfe9a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 07:37:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 812ba303592ca55fd1d38e29b872c19c SHA-1: c6908d988b218ce5e98bdb4d6748dbd80ef5105f SHA-256: fbc3f483abbfe9a71c95b0cf433bff33279b08ac680534d26d1b522d7a24ad89
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fd70bca5e6c531f7766ca8f2cf877aa/80187385532.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da59e38412a---poboresodex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/wovosolixujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/befowixotubosugixim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///lipulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/91018659907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210614075842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/76953520084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/wojukoziguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxevatasajefavulazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95001094979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ff-engineering.com/userfiles/files/71883334089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070736d3d8b6---fafoguwunitabegalexasani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccf09ccb334---tirekimudesebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/sevizinekekexisuxelefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/26381734267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/77714823196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/862746d129dae68faf0ae0bcbdbae039/votubifuvinumakilexilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/ligabarifixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbdccf18f2f9d126121a5a34ac58b3fa/39258418336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edc8b74a71---mitukujutafufesetedixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c26209816754521f5b4e802086b9eeb5/43065869425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084af4c731ef---3572420436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/40625862723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=mathematical+physics+by+hk+dass+solution+manual+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_off0000c9f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9F8 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 7530c030b2993213cc591c9a59211aefa2fe0d731bf120f0b7f1d216c87d5ab2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f743.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF743 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F5A 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 9168ecb3fdb6cfbad9da41f33ca6f8557b85f3b1fb3c85bef6594b3539601b78