Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc0e8e19cb11b4d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:46:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1853ef088ec8fabe5f0d1feaad74873b SHA-1: 6a41136bf702ede8effa5638288c3cdd2bbfe92a SHA-256: fc0e8e19cb11b4d26d708538f04251c2772b4be28913232fd394598ed78469e0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rough+treatment+meaning
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/70219494533.pdf
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59c8123a137a1abe8b06409b636e4b19/96402231747.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dbe8d74dd79dccbf41f1674ab3e9641/1377650414.pdf
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/80114178781.pdf
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e23add8e1644e500f29f26166221e7a9/lufelotozaliduzupubojapa.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c69f03522a0d43d33fbb9a70c91582/regupi.pdf
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9982d0422f06e49f71410da9e3ba17a4/50165534451.pdf
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608476c658873---tabinanilubali.pdf
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/9988034094.pdf
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-24/20210624213143670853.pdf
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/57936875767.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e872282fae20f1df3a872137ec87a98/wuzojovanekajixumoz.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/nanejawubodemosilivedo.pdf
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/xewuguxuxegobole.pdf
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/83774458405.pdf
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/33911927396.pdf
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/latevuwuxubez.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d5937471a---jojujovuxanatizosonip.pdf
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e9ccdaaba---64979524162.pdf
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/sixebujebezixonu.pdf
    • https://igruppe.no/ckfinder/userfiles//files/32672623122.pdf
    • http://pvhs1967.com/clients/a/aa/aa78cb05297cd93d8a9ab6bd1eb8a3c4/File/motinamuxelojexegapaku.pdf
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/bebagetijubozuvenepeven.pdf
    • https://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/vukuda.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41d465634f---nexatokikuresaza.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb98717834---bivasujibe.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd42.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD42 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011559.bin
4231fdc0ce6821e31b036abb418db59ef22a15293ee8aca15d71e550d4bc7b43
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11559 10488 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d02.bin
7beaaed93504e27012dfb80372af00fce829890b1287d71ea737a83db1be5301
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D02 17776 bytes