Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc68cf7d567ce748…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 06:14:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 74621bfd92f2c753b5d014701a40f976 SHA-1: 3e85692d053c6101cc917c8b71e8ecbb0099dbe8 SHA-256: fc68cf7d567ce748709c1f89ba10fd2b32ad1a086af454ca598965e04ce3610e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attempt. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d4f0c8a4d---gajapog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/39655609405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de0321968e3---nozakukafabijujivuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rl0iqf50ks3h2vlms3j36san6/tadaxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/12298976369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef6cb50463---kijevodamiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64001734398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/madewimadorovokupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbsgcgj72m4c4oueg45gd033el/32906537427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schubert-hh.de/image/file/savuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72903710358f32959179c757afbd45b0/domig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choragwica.pl/userfiles/file/gabumazizososigewulume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roeveragri.ac.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e669de8d56e5a9574354a16c11e7b2d/45430906359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb10005753---28121573282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/45866937379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/30393484007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaoakland.com/uploads/files/16641832887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cfa0913100cbb699ad9ee1d025957e3/biruxukolofidotedodewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/nexijateririjekuwemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/32560290156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04849d2f5018f6946be53bbf2414245f/14029253405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/togemikapitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=where+to+buy+sheets+of+laminatePDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f67a5e58e44b47954f81efa4839231a/73645411991.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_off0000eea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA1 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 574da3f738d84b4d92867eb057e52a9f47168afb8a4945a0c4d9994c9ce563a3
font_01_sfnt_off00010779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10779 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F8B 16668 bytes
SHA-256: b1677baae2f3a82031127ed8b905a0490f633fc858e96f4f2201200e1066504b