Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc6e528c40988c62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 14:37:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a2241a8f2be6a88c5ff21065e9c62355 SHA-1: 459ade02b2f98bb631eb673d273a51d1ec4070ef SHA-256: fc6e528c40988c62427cb953496866e156cab0ca4ae2902244401b8006881b2a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, likely phishing or malware distribution sites. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • 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://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48a61e2c3a7b02fcb7a953a128344231/45207275972.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rodolphe-blanchet.fr/Rodolphe/fckeditor/file/30581757678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamarchesainterita.be/lamarchesainterita/imgdb/news/files/70665828982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jakketoes.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sizarabenelezixuwerunozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89860585839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/12647934454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135909019f81---rutizotikejinatobojotiven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134fb6c078bf---32879561828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bankerz.in/qpic/files/pasopikimekunosusomiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/1745636936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a1ad25e35---rivijeturezanazerefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/sedotasarirefovabodegip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/files/79804611565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/letemebagemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/piwojefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetbrashersclavoghisu.eu/userfiles/files/25579466372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjmhospital.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jijuginabiwasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1ent.com/userfiles/file/20210905002930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39846266598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artgreen.vn/attachment/files/sifasupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613750f139210---36592220019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashasuchikala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16959915459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/zozotiseluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+fichier+pdf+en+excel+en+ligne+gratuit+nitroPDF 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_off0000d52d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD52D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED44 11032 bytes
SHA-256: a360e22611f29c270add830ee85ea709d3fd43fc1b2f4af698ea0a9ec48589ea
font_02_sfnt_off000106b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B2 19664 bytes
SHA-256: c0bedea516cc9fab3977396d8fe53f59a6b6b6561ca4f8254cfd657990258e73