Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbc4cd54f8da4dd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:32:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 24f1e8a17c11a8563a1e72ca4c0f52dc SHA-1: 1cd8f0b711de2471e341ea4ecc419dbb198a0c22 SHA-256: fbc4cd54f8da4dd183701abedb1fd0daa9fe060fb9e70d37a55450112e88649b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8nplkj5b7tjkqinmd1lb6rcp4/zunekujegugetenubonu.pdf
    • http://qca.ch/userfiles/file/gafisiruz.pdf
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/wowiwelewisekokebeganerev.pdf
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/ruwigopavafobijifed.pdf
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/96267214711.pdf
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbo86huu5n2l1gc0640vt3alds/nizuk.pdf
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/11092750655.pdf
    • http://laxycoffee.com/upload/files/ragadelodobuviw.pdf
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/180cf7ae4b05dcdfa7d72649432f21c6/lofexamewexe.pdf
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d486882f6c8---26341796622.pdf
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojisijumisepuxubedo.pdf
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f8962567eeb4d7151984a83e6569840/58393891292.pdf
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/riwajusipezik.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0806a71316---tijikolidusixigibotagif.pdf
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/gerafomigomixazor.pdf
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/fedexozinikebinamipa.pdf
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/rimoletem.pdf
    • http://vin-baietii.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48053121455.pdf
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/6969578086.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b8f440dd0---68227302733.pdf
    • http://italiangreyhound.pl/img1/userfiles/file/20656308315.pdf
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/nefebinomux.pdf
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/levekoluri.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=fiat+stilo+abarth+manual+for+sale
    • 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_off0000f674.bin
8661e1207ac6c915353c97d3eed293060f18041f141f5f84f892337916f1681e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF674 18868 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000127ca.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127CA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013fe1.bin
aa4f1ce5d094bf1893b0df2a39a881caba6896de82f3d175cdba4e360e4cb620
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FE1 10696 bytes