Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbce3a8af1b5a359…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-08-15 20:38:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 4471329f338617739bf7177ebe82a5f7 SHA-1: 588b2afe1e74f91068115ab480fd9522feba627c SHA-256: fbce3a8af1b5a35988dea6db95001b94afa7db4667e06f395b0095a1e48762db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic suggest a lure to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mxq+pro+4k+firmware+update+sd+card PDF link annotation
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/gorodamajenubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/899969807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3b71c78696a3e2ea7fc9f425c947ff4/95885196093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galenbio.com/images/upload/file/julebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5eecd02202---59810913501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a849ef68298---sojozuramesolukarapugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/desukarimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/51625337310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jghsclass75.com/clients/f/f3/f322050927ea28328664fd088939ffaa/File/sojutonaralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/lefugesogefigofin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/93483026690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed87fdfaca32801e0d5ebf7aaede4423/37273574889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mh7ueocfr5jie2hra7nqp3ajdn/pidokisimiguzufigobivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/55201955512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/42088713187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/danovisekalomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizidoralogadoxemades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebea20872f3b41f8259af0f67f1ddc63/71951911085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/92260470748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/96505423613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/205b4b13a2d0e0388d43f90cd8dba33e/mamuludijiravurul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s687l8noegp9vlhpsrpcd6bgf2/95040304005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/wysiwygfiles/file/seguruxuvipokorumeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_38A7EF254166571B.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC1 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 33966271c3a14980dca1e5c0bec5aad36bf0061ad8341e16d368a2a5374ae525
font_01_sfnt_off000107ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EA 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 58de9ab25f14ef14811576b0fdc25abfd56f7a55bc99b891cb7d06d748a285ca
font_02_sfnt_off00012234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12234 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013a46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A46 18516 bytes
SHA-256: 7cbeb054e7d6608cdcdff2b067c1e06d5599fc7e9c4f38399a8a13832ea876c7