Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc416de70a8e91ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-26 11:43:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 06043f70937f7c2fac2d8bbeb7eb85eb SHA-1: 761c6c275823219880433fba098e4230bf0708de SHA-256: fc416de70a8e91caeb3a96de21323024b59f01c952917782b6bc30ce6fdd9bca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The file also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/59421068705.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f42317f8e75a797fff85f02b5005c9c/zuzolefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081621d80dde---bovujutivorekevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/20048606993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f5cb4601a---pafataluxubotaxazuxoluva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/woborozonediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/30779295458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saneditonavisejirafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/38385429114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4095556ae---3715283662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085f3b50f64a684cd260e3a613fa6015/fijetuvum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e7a57431b47e2aaa707d0e23e7f23a8/82763574583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/65186176763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/xemikapuluxizusoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://run2endalz.org/clients/2/2b/2b4973775a35d8819257a28a16fdea67/File/vepolibimufobuvititijex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/73767627708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d49f52f2d---lazamosod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/fonatulopetorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/13629467777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611339ee4d029---muputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021617121106527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/zigafefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bff45ea0d---8789239311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sing+me+a+song+2019+filmPDF 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_off0000e189.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE189 16712 bytes
SHA-256: 15c46b4f6da566001b1ed47e764477a719a24b326453b5c58ff5c1dd721b5467
font_01_sfnt_off00010d0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D0B 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 3f5ef000791d7678db610816ac0c4698dcefef20e1aa8aa02ccef8cc2e941927
font_02_sfnt_off00012649.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12649 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1