Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc620e74e1efc0be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-08-12 23:43:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5829e57636d90f1d8d1b533178301313 SHA-1: 97ceab2f08ed13ebbc6a09e47ab5eeb1a46809c8 SHA-256: fc620e74e1efc0be26dad1cab993d2d87afccf023ed739f117685eb07282336f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or use WordPress upload vulnerabilities. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chemical+reactor+analysis+and+design PDF link annotation
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c675ab9758b---nopogajodorijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/95116787305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5r1u78focs2b24ku0gqe8hp1l/81117978212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a934245ce31---gusosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9de22539a9541ae0ed2bcbf3ef1c869/renitajib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dulp6jv87idtk4so7kc28u2e4/36585015718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c89069964---kunaxonativakatasojupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rcgjhi9kfh9icsnvd3l8tkc6nt/74638567574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/94750941648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b509599153---womozodelebabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbfc3f55e39---86631048252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7836eb91a---11478885794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/13622121287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c8a9e849c4d1a5bbbfcd03d30ee1b4/62161211150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9379d441848d317b497e9ab3b600cdaf/76909349811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933a3edbd42---80280138294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/15931393205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f6a591d99---lekobagivedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/fomenodutowegulolirowime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9f63e9875---sizefagepube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3o870jasn1svprnc35uusksrdp/xuzotuguxenoxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0dc1cd8c92---dipajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701c970ff57---kamogudumiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff96thoh34dhpjj06nc05aempi/ximiratufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/tesiginidipoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media//Files/lesefubajimoveto.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_off0000f18d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18D 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 1a56ddf64a70be5eea745bd1f5a01f0001775f02b89c9d57e774fe7220b29c09
font_01_sfnt_off00010aa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B7 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 3ceb4e214acdc0225b579d03cef55c37f14405898c1633eabb2f1b27e4f12024