Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc42a2d30cfcdc8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:10:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cd2fcecdfca06ebf2a56e8512686f635 SHA-1: d2d062fdf190d34b0066cf3aaedaf607ce19ebf8 SHA-256: fc42a2d30cfcdc8d801cc97cb0e86e522dfd83846d398a01c534f6c5741b8db5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+marathon+training+app+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161390fb530061---labeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/48520279260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161415981e81d0---3790265935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/58909373625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mirrorlink.com/public/files/files/12772129346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mchs.kz/userfiles/File/23821034920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///14931789824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lanolizopimoremujura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/nomuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/32940134278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386b76cd6fa---7924698387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixawavoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f62885823e---3067028979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/wezubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwemagowisulewamaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/kuzukuxevupagaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweatrinserepeat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/82137954622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134052264e3e---4193100829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/202194854349724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maymac.info/userfiles/file/20198207103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efa1405506---79007018553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krishikhabar.net/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/vurexude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chsins.tw/uploads/files/202109022147503095.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_off0000f065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF065 17544 bytes
SHA-256: acf5c5dcab8a3e0500df431fd3f866b3749a819bc7a2e85e4d7b7b04d7cd0ba2
font_01_sfnt_off00011e30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E30 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 9add5ec3dccccec2ed9cb3b054beacf57f3436cb213dd8885cc0d3059e8b2e54
font_02_sfnt_off00013735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13735 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1