Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc4174560f0346e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:31:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 03288f501f29ce00bfd070d0dc629785 SHA-1: c3c7ca370c138d3fa950177caf119021c87c5d5f SHA-256: fc4174560f0346e15526d603ccc2827cfce678ee0beac50bf94e1c251e2c2b5d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to phishing sites. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, strongly suggest a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://mccartha-cobb.com/userfiles/files/72426191982.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/82388181700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/savomafadinofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24b3425487532279a442a41dfea65062/kesapivijela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balmybnb.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/fajitiwepijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/75513477720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maquinandoysubastando.com/dleyes/admin/fotos/file/25616451689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/lajuponilarenikezagafuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/22228818779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608789b7bac06---69034329010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///mubovefijavow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16899460496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhh2nu6k2snt3o2p5dut1v5l94/nevopuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nunuok33ut7j5r5otn96knha72/47761317606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dac6c786d81---kaxibepebapudirazukurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085150bbab19---zufatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purifoy2020.com/clients/1/11/118d8b7ee1ea4bab8fb19da95c56260f/File/firuveroxisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/binuragidebomusixuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723fa1c851c---jigotovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/masimenilinedotojamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76259275360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fce46c17b---95531885691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25701088a8---xubememenisakuropefem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspit.ro/imagini_ws/28707499446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ershrhbsuuf8ngd98pd8bcrti0/lawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=unlearn+your+pain+howard+schubiner+pdfPDF 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_off0000f1b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B7 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 811361b91e9b9ad404e0d2872512a4b1aadff5802d9cce8bf021f4e81d2b8126
font_01_sfnt_off00010b38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B38 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 80032c1db5928993b4ac6a5a0cc74cd5ac95dbc6b95c5d80aa3ab3111da8668f
font_02_sfnt_off00013b0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1