Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbcf3f8ed046ad7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:54:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0c090d375c6d9d054778831832de3164 SHA-1: 4ec46051c780229362ae6aa00b04700f98cea8ef SHA-256: fbcf3f8ed046ad7e96a95c8439c2906c36b31d4099251a9a294666742c1da775
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and SEO-focused disposable hosting reinforces the attack pattern.

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 https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5316978375.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fae95fb88ac89a61d5f282b47dea20fd/pububixeroriletub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f490210aff---60733553550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47591100001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasunukurat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designgaleria.hu/userfiles/file/tidazezitamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/dovewufasusekapoxinoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84c3ea7422---bufitinafupediwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b908924b9---wodinuviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmaclima.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/18567762352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de203183d84141194d34b05d30360081/gabovibokeruwedubutaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/14844191502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/walisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/19571114161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7e14379c5---69408632425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5ce645768---dosovufevujezizopajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68956923083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telek-trans.hu/editor_up/7176486349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210531235916-nejukesojapuxizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868d27b1c10---24454109345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/072cc8becb8eddf1645fd67f0922fdd5/suwepevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingkangchem.com/upload/files/46736981161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/604f6e7044394591523b3f75f1d4f935/duxetavuperekojojako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=harmonium+notes+for+marathi+bhajans+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_off0000dea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B8 20972 bytes
SHA-256: f99ac21dafc9240a6e23df64a5b90c6217a64db43568b6c28ae7f47e2e2d9147
font_02_sfnt_off00012de1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DE1 11076 bytes
SHA-256: abbe7157856fbda26fe504001d9fa5161c420eeabe09b34c5172a6239cc667d6