Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbf68411120db434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-20 17:57:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3f2666ca92ff9489345cf469bf2e97b0 SHA-1: a246600403528fc566a651792ee8936a51a88c25 SHA-256: fbf68411120db434349b45d4d3284cd7cf6ea751bcac11b14233908d68b73440
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+hollywood+story+fashion+star+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160def2ce5a098---binubavutak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2b9f89808---biwuwaposoxoxefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/nobibemowixosuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611adad33ea64---nupizegeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87snelqf6pqlenlp0jni4rvtlc/jedojafefexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64d175576f---27829207468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/96044413903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umartravel.com/files/20613930073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorsilawfirm.com/userfiles/file/66614535331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/297ddb4a4e2af2eb2bec44be31f26c5e/zuromojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/80989273170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39f42c7dc41c17ee82dd6fcf2ba95023/xedomewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0ef32c443---32016993564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9eb2cdc2f953b660dee5225c281396/63955142925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/deletoraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/gupenububakigaburog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/34744652384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciacogliate.it/userfiles/files/dofimofovifej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/30138479852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/46270480634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a527e65243d---23411482513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904c45aef55---93339157764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1ba24c6f18---17348127858.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_off0000e07a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE07A 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 13aae9f1c427106c3ce64cf2ba0de904425ee854e06d44188c344f76c956668c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f99f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF99F 16460 bytes
SHA-256: 4e5934e0f1dd7463e930850bf3b4444d2048e75305e9ac5654ca9c10e1c43d6e
font_02_sfnt_off00012467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12467 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1