Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc495fa3828e9d28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-09-26 23:22:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5788e0f7f85dfffc26978a4870f43ae9 SHA-1: 507183e0a1a900506a975278129ae51e063dc4c1 SHA-256: fc495fa3828e9d28cec6695f2835ee384c90aea791d5764d6a702be08fa8207e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and the presence of numerous external links. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to other PDFs hosted on potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=deezer+for+android+tv PDF link annotation
    • http://fxlcd.com/upload/file/10525061441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/47277932785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratorioshamalab.com/userfiles/file/22545265233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjpteapd5p5v5p797th5np9kvd/795015509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10s317.com/uploads/files/202109190327507890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetportonaccio.it/userfiles/files/7830621738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotamborra.eu/userfiles/files/lowaxedapib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77f3c3c6cb1ed3442a2061bd794fa8b8/genuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r.su/uploadfiles/file/2021092318040673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekcpua1n0trr3h65lcu3k52rq7/92656176426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/19476806206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc-am.com.br/Selecao/ckfinder/files/veronu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roloveviperelelibasadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613762c038734---74377777763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.bet/contents/files/65151484789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosg.net/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210914110322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxforce.nl/userfiles/files/13379908029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e5246182a---42499272526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/duvunokidogakolasegage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srccaa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawunoluxapobajifisazeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tufobokupujefakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/615baeb0fa7f5d3274e9d15786c7759c/47499547307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukat.dnsaktif.net/upload/files/fidupurorupu.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_off0000b15a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB15A 13900 bytes
SHA-256: ab6f90634759c6f1d52000c0025412557ef02cc246fae61da6f52ebf94fdb6c4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDC 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 92cfa2fcdbbb2714ae31d324d49c3a3acf25946eb8a819441373cf7760b81c8c