Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbe15d196b167e61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-28 07:06:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8237c8cfbaa2576ccfd8a9308afc2930 SHA-1: 0fa22b3e2c622c82e4b4a4aebd0087ae2d9e2645 SHA-256: fbe15d196b167e6177da05b93c94512238bcc2383a785e4f8486c19c53656f4a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and the compromised CMS upload link firing further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+speed+up+internet+speed+in+mobile PDF link annotation
    • https://alev.az/userfiles/file/68199111053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612edcd75bd87---54449520022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krzczonowice.pl/gfx/file/81610497235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/didiluseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegmsbihta.in/userfiles/file/devebofedojajonutalipotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021090915291573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/24804749148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/fubukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costarica4d.com/contents/files/sajilaminemamase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/81849802328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gojjang.com/uploads/files/wukagegebukazabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/tisameferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/zuxado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/kuninebobulerilibapojiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/85984073263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fajni3333.fun4two.pl/uploads/assets/file/zejumudisubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78f749f2940c44820484f0d1602106c/dapekuguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/mijiguzenotoponokalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0586a75c1---86317080177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.patisserie-flechais.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73865024103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/24248549524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c1b0f9c87c403089f1a5d1c4895741c/jozulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://helicopterleasingservices.com/userfiles/files/dimedagun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/zerefona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b02f3de527---95273215100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.huaikrachaohospital.go.th/assets/global/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96977964854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horizonpestservices.com/userfile/gejubewejepixiguwezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdjuchuan.com/upload/files/18758129037.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_off0000baca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBACA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2DC 17092 bytes
SHA-256: a3f9a5d3f2848e5fc55839bc5ae45e7f8a78dc71c7118173a12667ace41201ba
font_02_sfnt_off0000fef7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF7 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 904058e2d0d0cba2c400af60f4c055613fb0d27c70bb534bd68dde35166c4afb