Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc3f627b47b983ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:06:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 937d5ddc5b2b9c76aadca6157f0e43d0 SHA-1: bfa13a1b0c82620091ec13e09f3eb88eedd04673 SHA-256: fc3f627b47b983ea6a351c9f7a30ac9256753e8a8857321f3a0a594ac86c3ab1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO manipulation. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and embedded URLs suggest a mechanism for redirecting users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110eabade8de---mogut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096311fda984---19962184067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/tuvipanogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/dafadusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/biwuzuzokigubivafiwalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/jasimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611717a819ecf---bexonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9db33d08d---wotevezedisitojexajenufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/6671749561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c42f200bbb---70699647102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7f09cefb6---44114116388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/siluwoxutigepiwizedusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/19082178955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608475d3bb2fd---95483734562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806c697c268---14770177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/pubixakewijuferibukeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj9j0hqiveaebm5e7oqf4bfv42/kadijarejiriko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610015b17f75d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/rigoxugovawuneleveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doremimarlikinsaat.com/userfiles/file/18744454929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/88293231290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/87369023770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5110d16bc9---60707894776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=charles+town+race+track+live+streamPDF 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_off0000e53e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53E 10772 bytes
SHA-256: de0562696ff45e9e583aa04910d8eff526ade68d3904a44f6bf63ea182352936
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF2 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 9e1b2555afd04eaf4de973df316570dfe0136cef276cbd3ee694ac1610125e9e
font_02_sfnt_off00012b4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1