Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbfc7192ccb04882…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 12:50:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 70c885e5929bf13db7dbe84a10a313e1 SHA-1: 3516d662f0d21b2dccdc3568fc87004cb30a81d9 SHA-256: fbfc7192ccb04882c8dfff32625f0d0517ab6787723bb5f1c7a2b015876f95a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Heuristics identified it as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, with numerous URLs pointing to PDF files within form upload directories. These links likely serve as a lure to redirect users to malicious or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de34b5f5c5---34253057022.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/36347738830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/25951133793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c5ab93c17---82473644272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/15519124127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbd6318e65---zibirezubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumcsp.com/uploads/files/33371079370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094089e93606---tetiwiraribeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84cdbvhte91hei30g10blvfpum/65118240347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/100336556092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec5d9ef7a6---mizigekirazogodipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ce9ceb252---91175324111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.net/uploads/files/jezowafafedebadumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa1b27ad32---67476892799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/lerepiwafijixilezofomovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881c75b3a1f---18796648472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a921a5b38f04c083e24b76fe20872b5/wixixejijipotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/boveweseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/zobibonanebubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec6a5ed7fc---14345355874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae932e14372---21477528119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64fa1e0e38304fbe4763c02c5529e67e/sifumuwusipokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf943cd7ce8e997cc6ac6c87e7c2298b/42281642524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmattroigiasi.com/uploads/files/titapawewofamutosebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afb2fbd294---mewewunetugonuveduxosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/40769603313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u237k1g9dtg3v9sg1gg5jqd2n/60669875602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=the+most+confessed+sinPDF 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_off0000ef99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF99 10396 bytes
SHA-256: a47f464089ceb74e9748b4f9d447fea55dac845648887e0a47e1d27cfa41ee73
font_01_sfnt_off000106f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F0 17560 bytes
SHA-256: 5cafe352f7244edd45d911ad664b32ee7538aa18c5ada78b1f853070c7c71e1f
font_02_sfnt_off000134ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1