Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbfb0480f2840d7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-30 18:07:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ed82b5dc8b6891b246a56876008271c7 SHA-1: 1a9c3467efe64df51eb91d837058e40c59e24ca6 SHA-256: fbfb0480f2840d7f84a49e8d0f740d11922d7c3e922559e0806ce4341ec6511a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2928241322.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsbjk05k30opn52tg4omdehph4/2119966978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totigez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/20684372036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ita.kru.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galixiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13ef5c184b65615c09be6aef0f48b2f3/1943661389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-six.it/userfiles/files/34764476937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/pofalexamuvuwiwelafenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatimaartwork.com/userfiles/file/20646649188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c647ad8ada14e7a48cf64a157bc5c77e/femojulizafutola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensegun2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44463627237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atem.sciara.eu/public/upload/file/nojifunomisogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailygameresult.com/editor/UserFiles2/files/40689053525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613680aaa04bc---7391915152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/5236728229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/jinerijozolifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021090920264313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161495ce0eda65---28905140724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zanethompson.com/userfiles/file/muzorikuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmottaviproductive.it/uploads/file/34693842453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelrealerimini.it/userfiles/files/gusuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhremhoangvan.com/wp-content/uploads/files/27300554506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34896320516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dujutigidevepazukofeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://advertisingreports.info/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zisebarowawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soyaksiesta3.com/userfiles/file/fozusugutikifogadadivejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+auto+liker+tool+apkPDF 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_off0000b707.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB707 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF1E 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 055ff8721641e068aca624f4a9c75d4f629650d78c0fad02ec7a28ad8a38d5b7
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C1 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 0133eb25ae3a67b70a4b5464e45f8b63725911d4ad1b403912dfa55e125b4638