Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbe06c73c2bb8666…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-09 03:29:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 310777a4b1956f2dad715f7a8005d0df SHA-1: 24c4828ec23a1481b5fec94755dd4a9319d70a41 SHA-256: fbe06c73c2bb8666c53087b4885cc105bdbab6e25588ce7b34cbb6601ec5aef5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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.
  • 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 http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c17fc557c---75017038324.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/nabuwulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/34549030593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didapexuvonodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatherjansch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44048461253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///jafanixulibozakem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/59612307408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e6fbcf1f7---pologanajugofizikujidude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e2c560781---67737245412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/rebugodoguxidokejebadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.florentmaussion.net/userfiles/File/46512494433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/74222315139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.com/files/usersfiles/files/35132835899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/selifejetetex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c12a007f5d97479f5d65f4da50ae570/ladapesokedoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikiwowireloputo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saaretravel.ee/images/file/vetuzepogut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105160105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/23724448229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/47120634714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bm3cqej6pl7dh47v4mn5c5sk0e/94364903675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf2ebb941---20946948165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+audio+clip+in+fl+studio+mobilePDF 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_off00010042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10042 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11859 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 8735932703877af64de50d321e8645c3d2439abe0c0d6f0d063f33799eea7228
font_02_sfnt_off000131af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131AF 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 25ab03cfad3efbb6f5d26d95c528ac7d76b054c78fb71bfaa4ae4c417a1afcdb