Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc2599d2ec14640d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-16 07:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 67dcfc3e704351332f76c2030b3a07bb SHA-1: 312834f3f26fc062988ae1d4e9cb942d60af1dab SHA-256: fc2599d2ec14640d871050257a90f063dc681e3679b78227e3a42eb479aedda0
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. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be metadata rather than user-readable content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+overwatch+on+chromebook PDF link annotation
    • https://theurbanthinktank.com/files/42093557180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aec6d20812---bugupasufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ad2f152832fa69e3f68367f19be7a1f/65374490680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/nofuvetadatulijavetoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912f642d448---92832894382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dc1acfa15---ruxagesutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41377348359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/67830672025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b685ea8c46f2a9a0e4215ca0432e870/kobigonulejove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a62795644907c49cab8fb1e3d043d74d/78644781062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/028007d41b63d5b29655efa99df3af52/gategiwibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13dd9b32e4---28107967276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/dedexogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vcfg2hn8usf5gtccq5cpmld6i/29136682346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cb3c7c640afc16d943c17be6c80b461/90413959841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc58322c40---varuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210727024340916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c55e32df4a69631c96604065812575f/5471954808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/setupojutaxotowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/gujokasuwutuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/91224262499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/99859347998.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_off0000f15e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15E 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 0c3f5954ef9dc832c92016e6b9f435f71b174afca8e654ae7c52c34c7b681a79
font_01_sfnt_off00011f43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001375a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1375A 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 1335d4bb556ebc100f072c508837ed752300b83cde9e0e66d3c5da0b596a9e72