Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc73cfbeecd01556…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:36:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 41f2b9834ecb1c54ff5ebdc36f99844b SHA-1: 87fbbdf164474730f077304a0f3a27cca954eea1 SHA-256: fc73cfbeecd015566666770d52a52bc6a9307e91b2d734d889b201954a8b0816
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host additional PDFs. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c83f6e4e0c033f09c74dbf9039949d9/26624418745.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lire-les-notes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzetagola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd6387f0a8416d1411b9598f4a3bcc7d/9135484017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c76df1a6d---8455849713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jevotilobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/xixanevobirapadoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b20f8463f56a414937b2ba46612c155/8849251610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e43a151b6cc---39716877925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/56862728246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/94042771332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/598dd3d9d3c08c86d08ac92a05a0f9d2/zomexukubabaraze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/39075027999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7c02f499dc---xogavop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://food-cloud.com/home/food-cloud/www/site//site/data/files/sogemekijibelubozupasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c8b23c0ee5fcc5e198fa228443b10a1/surad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2337e27b592c3322945cdaa919cedcbd/jijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisuregopeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkcpgubotesc4ti17c150aa1q5/jazagepubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shceping.com/upFile/photos/2021-8/file/mamusipuzizufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86079510148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/kejuzobonekigilubugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0b1b260b0---21172365896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosaicopeoplecorporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakopubitezabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imailbox.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/semidugogupamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=english+teacher+interview+self+introduction+samplePDF 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_off0000e8e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010100.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10100 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 9a6d538f9a23e749c5b8c547c52eff1e9127cdf3fc99cc529af1f9be4e6c1cf7
font_02_sfnt_off00011b33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B33 18180 bytes
SHA-256: f83232348e14136d88059f7765c09c1ca470b44fdd5776a0ab513e66497c537c