Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbdbc77e59b05716…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:45:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 15702a9465c197dcd7f6c8dda23b44c4 SHA-1: 666bc757ebc97802daa27b02f53b8c533c2fc3b1 SHA-256: fbdbc77e59b05716e59754b6082aa85750df62ac97fb31097581ecd46651a8e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing due to the nature of the URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/bodolexojalili.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xpressup.com/userfiles/file/dodasotivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabofugisomozuxudijojigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999492b7c56---zigatosimejevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/99548632069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf523861296d0ebdffdeea9ccc6c6b1/bomafitajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3077e63422eec6e09d69fc2c2de17801/35951444915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalimodelagency.com/userfiles/file/naxomulejuxazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9eede5369---42039929425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://negaratoto.com/contents/files/93494371453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c68d81780c---navokajibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/napajanimutukagag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanphamhanquocymy.com/uploads/files/73374438836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsfly.com/uploads/files/15120388021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castel.lu/userfiles/files/36219416051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b574ea80485b49b5e427d5b49f0e2ddb/powalifipukexolutodaveti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25bf6068e9cb80f619f618b86cd968d/41833710273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98afa70723ddf8ea570df762db4f409a/53391738228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theaterbuehne-schwandorf.de/userfiles/file/fafexesuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/jigapufefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8osvbh86n6cihrv4q9b89lvr7/32916284728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f703524447e---nenafidipegiroderedef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a272a03f639---55383223217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g90e0halep02c8s4nagr2rjlu5/56881032374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=letter+f+tracing+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000eae3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F5 18468 bytes
SHA-256: d6e1013bace67a3a5751739ddaf635ccccd9f24a87ed4c2fe57871c4857548b5
font_02_sfnt_off0001326d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1326D 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 3c5bf2e6d77f876d12e8f1f72ec02e55bce791e4267e20c5ce25177c72e69634