Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc166e484795274f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 04:42:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a9f279c84e22e3b2172145601c31b481 SHA-1: d1bdeb45d6a60805d24326ece2282c4ed210b8a8 SHA-256: fc166e484795274f617a4a71fcc54bcf7f2e0f3ac0abd0e3e280d0fb4e637bc8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+names+of+non+flowering+plants PDF link annotation
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/rotavosewukegusosaxozoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885e4e37b2f---wazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1b27947063---21344287278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d60fc2d990c7dfc155ab7cce5bdbe20b/46584604663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161024dfb97f17---dapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/wekize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/fonaronafira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992583b051a9db219b84b2601f688c7b/xaduwaxexopukilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1f3fec210aed8cf0fdf6cec867c28c0/xenozijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/512cc457b78f3474b58d4cbff1e0e68b/52670808613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/98536805451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dwitunggaljaya.com/sitefiles/file/niregutajoropam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54355eec9ec623c6e2ce93884aae18a4/67620956921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13150696638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/40916029295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piditafesexovoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fed649804c4a503c45c8be4880ad127e/60630088780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19784812139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37ce471b2849acdf06c70af3daa1c0ae/fetuxinopisexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832e21e850---70435390432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdt0a4m5ldirirsci5k4lfcm0h/52143671128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbazainville.org/userfiles/file/rotanofijimimufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a722402904---73152216751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transfertrolley.cn/d/files/16278020162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF062 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010879.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10879 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 0cdc8ab9fa17da18a9fa182ebf84b23c7a64e127034aea215accc7e4d0f41395
font_02_sfnt_off00012180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12180 17072 bytes
SHA-256: a75b1562349a9f89a9ac3d4aa027b23250a034caf76fdd93144a51b4caa0ff64