Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbdbbe5b87e4125e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:08:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a4cb85342245a189ad7620e4ca85b30c SHA-1: a01825644ebb77f2b2e498c138ef4d330db124e2 SHA-256: fbdbbe5b87e4125ecf200b0482deb3bf431b0df0b2da7096e064a0c6efa20a81
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URLs point towards a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=metodo+dialectico+filosofia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/pedudimojububaxewolabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9109a2b1ffd64e880c239c2d3ea902ee/tewasenisabifigabugam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tufasiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d35226ba57---38622013907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov6v05ds0amns44th7skq06ab2/rajefaropugopore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makojudo.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/54685669371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/51374006381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc87f1ddc482dc04d940cd770bbf123e/75956548374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3b33e6428---jamexumavalelotolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/402567c4a41406d0272e04e317a8bf83/wetumevovaganikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7734960aa---95907553251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75864880044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minipit.com/data/files/visixilumamatupawekisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/14924937133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devitohomesorlando.com/userfiles/files/21054660082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b037caa52---33774537734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/92092953542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ad1003b84d---notojupemejilebowitasane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e506b40c4---83816105771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uav49o2th1srun8vh071hcuji4/13254242650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu5a7bppbquhhctjqufq90vkb3/65256522572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/549a1c07b80d28b63f77b6cfafe5d193/sitokuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/wozitakenovuzog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3576c6f9953089742fc2cb99dd963460/49130511896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f8575530f813698edbd32511f33792d/56342941799.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_off000155d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155D5 19884 bytes
SHA-256: 95e8de9ad9912465e4e7fe67d9ea0ecbdc5a9b02452cbaa6c9ef6e7fe8bbdee2
font_01_sfnt_off000189cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x189CF 10404 bytes
SHA-256: dfa646933fd551f8b1e14d61ebcc3a03d126c9c288cc466d9bb10389cf14c132
font_02_sfnt_off0001a17d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A17D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1