Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbfd6cb4ae74b14c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 10:20:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 60cf92a4ff3cedfc893efed3fc8fd7bb SHA-1: d380abb4285e27cafb3c9b1ed46e771b9d3eed03 SHA-256: fbfd6cb4ae74b14ce455db2440f53178f7cf205b66111b4e2acd727c782e8e6b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. The file's structure and embedded links suggest it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f06026749b72e95c38f1aa3c582b2006/98283768372.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02a28ed4af961099c815da6ebca4ba2b/57925665572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d21e24d11a---2553506691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aa89fe24002afdb87eb7c88463fbb5c/75025524229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fautographie.org/images/userfiles/files/zujivogadugapajuzebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0d8a858c1---58050358925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2koo7i8uciupm3nojtsm0pm23/vevasorebokabujuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607002a6519d2---33822082825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81aa9359570ab7cfbaddf89a17b0074a/40918862741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f58428ef03ebc42ea298a629ce70fb/muributovobejolarufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609001d0b2894---kanetax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents//files/24308196738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096dd0b3c900---46159786180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r88jge2pbeokls6ul9lqck63i7/xawozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec5706f8f7ef11401330e0f2958b754a/zefobazateranimogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/mejekodaxixuwibilupitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092374f60b77---taxikotesedimejoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glamour-nsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowasoxonunelokigewelivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ab42bd1fb---19682533468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/66544619164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eff1b8475d---tinojiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=opel+corsa+manual+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000ce5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE5C 10800 bytes
SHA-256: a54df65271d325b769eef7f996b50922625c9a4c6a33561f1eff5a46a27b2706
font_01_sfnt_off0000e753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE753 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF65 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 53f4041842bee4844e935ba0ed5d0444f2cc83a5fe4077a4e097d357f9432f2e