Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbe35f0a5271ad80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-08-16 02:32:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9ff769c6f298f364514d4e86abc71d47 SHA-1: c151da598f64a3fbe9c160d863b8979365511b5a SHA-256: fbe35f0a5271ad80140f5c68a85ff37924cc775f7a64101af5784ba7215a5b35
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains, likely to facilitate the download of further malicious content. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+hd+movies+download+sites+list PDF link annotation
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jphotographyllc.com/userfiles/file/85517454296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fusrb1t9g3dk18mkq4kj5aa71/kefesobakixitujeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keitbg.com/images/files/88429348016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/tozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/samidag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f7b9bca3e---48677331603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe1b07df21f---jumesatomebifelit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829727242dc---posureviramezininuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/gezipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/narewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartraoptics.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/somovasonajopovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/73681556475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adf22b2d5d---gizabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d77bfb8ad56dfee58b88335c199dba00/kugonalolapezigupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ec86851bf7aa62c6fbff8795c1924f/mizisipudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2f9c75099---86006850572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/vavofobulobovewime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/pozajadibowegozevilatara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogeologicotrilobite.com/userfiles/files/12870422041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-energo.ru/content/file/91478539036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/takudopikotasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/dudazowupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607632d932d21---16489752630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa458afd6d---5555563279.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_off0000e4cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fce2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE2 10528 bytes
SHA-256: a007ad3b91baad47a5791c9eb8013e15373f18ac7b277d58062f74c2ef91b637
font_02_sfnt_off000114b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B2 17040 bytes
SHA-256: 02974a7dd5c193346391e70ce57e82c629c8a06db90d31b7e152ee965c460af9