Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbc9d253c4750d28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b4c1af6cafa291cdb676e78841185d14 SHA-1: ec1bdc46c740da205f9ae0328312ad020f221ac5 SHA-256: fbc9d253c4750d28348df738116ae2eac3a2f9d90ebae1e3e0f0b13dd39d07ad
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including ML classification and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It presents a visual download button and a callback lure, suggesting a social engineering attempt to trick the user into downloading further malicious content or engaging in a scam. The numerous embedded URLs point to various compromised websites and disposable hosting, reinforcing the phishing and link farm characteristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quickshortcutmaker+5.1+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0ef4c374f46167f03d33360e49fbd45/favokapuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210920_C9CEA615B53C6D9B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/23823351636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2ef38d685---wolerepupoxerovibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/31389507331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/17237551636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ef4860430---baxozerubomawizisirave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehlibeytalimleri.com/resimler/files/13643726630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linhquan-group.com/upload/ck/files/86567562502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe1be0912b7d87307c983afd75d04f5/77208450077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paxisiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/59982219138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210903054236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_9CC28E2421550E30.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/92619872686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/fajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/47996915029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inistor.com/ufiles/files/3083918984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kes.org/upload/editor/files/14201860102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/novudijamowexadijale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderpanel.com/app/webroot/img/file/92714853383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/tibekanujokebewowuteket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/wevikafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed2407e147bec4b5d87b15fb1335605/79653477290.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_off0000dc3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC3D 18992 bytes
SHA-256: 59f9d6ffce702fb24b640d2e71814d0cbee85449c6583815be1a42b15b78b82c
font_01_sfnt_off00010dde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DDE 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 3f41dbc8f11d151df700bed93e06fe77304284a93b9c9466f6e26261484c0ecd
font_02_sfnt_off000127a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1