Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbfb341a2737de99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-08-18 05:53:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 64ff79059491c53b1ad8a8651fe959aa SHA-1: de0760cba1d1817f041e961968eeb8198446783e SHA-256: fbfb341a2737de99eca75f7b9c490359c173269906085e78a5f60b02acff68e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://mmszke.hu/files/file/22059168764.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210807072456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/387565f7a30ec7ecd2a3ce2bb5a15e80/mesufivadasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/49547972241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21f8495857f0961ae35b6fe08b69b3c/38290955733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/110e8779f4cb8afc7910b323c3d3ebcd/tekikipiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/89022128370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/91908096430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/givodaxalunezepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfindia.in/userfiles/files/63454602540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/83382161187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9de5df3837ea98d3dfffb9c4cb38244/lenopefemivawofuxeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budabijirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5592b4103929ec96f8c7d0247295cdab/40231023459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/22145269216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgb5h20labt42368d2j3i9euqh/22625330462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744f2f21101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/44783164512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/jabizasiwaloruwopuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/motojorutipeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9629cb54d---88274579213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d014943b184---koluzenojekexabilume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a2220b5b2---93833407290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a3de089f4ca39aab6ad08656284c042/40840777218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents//files/kexodulomaloxabagotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9bd498e1e---70920278539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+brand+image+of+coca+colaPDF 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_off0000dc46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC46 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 0688ed075af2478ac27cd793e0b31c28ecf7a417a298075d962fa3268f9376f8
font_01_sfnt_off000108e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120FB 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 14ce0c52cf72c65d5be0a5cc943df12a0f06a8147ecf274584aaabb0ec3b1bf9