Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc7409b44cf3a990…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-08-15 06:38:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1b94f691f2bd434dd57d1ed1bcaee72d SHA-1: 702acdc7bfa6939caf62bb03a8d5307d8d8eef26 SHA-256: fc7409b44cf3a990ff165f660bdbc357aee1889c10299a376badf7046b521314
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters suggests a broad campaign to lure unsuspecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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=how+to+cook+a+kirkland+signature+spiral+sliced+ham
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/95074005486.pdf
    • http://lyzph.com/userfiles/file/Fl202108100152003870.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45e58bea1827f952047c4143ad537004/tarikejedokerab.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6d0aff0674---72553561256.pdf
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c1e62e4cbbdf6169e9db0106d4c6851/juxirobit.pdf
    • https://ou-ravda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenojulevexowo.pdf
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/50997191784.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc41b97c9d---82299946829.pdf
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a3b043883b550ff59c16e54a6f83e7/25528564023.pdf
    • https://digireg.ru/upload/dudezapepon.pdf
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c491e7e5d2807dbad7bee5313fa06e9d/zitaxizezijofibejo.pdf
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210612_79FFDBC4FCD6A49D.pdf
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/nikukatadalotemexexubo.pdf
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pv8lefgbrqk2p2e3lkobss5h0d/89686805294.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108ade374fb1---19678789381.pdf
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/82087703379.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a503d1e98c6---zisejemupexexetizikipi.pdf
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/zaziniretadamopa.pdf
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/40280651520.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92a623788c6b50a2158d4c97144d88fa/situmewatixuvebejod.pdf
    • http://sooclose.eu/upload/File/95080238195.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8ba48abeb---kodaxilevumojejij.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011c84.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C84 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013496.bin
2d0fe55249c540613c106f07173588d477b9229e68f9dd24b7f0f9b3c1b19c82
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13496 19112 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000166c7.bin
c04703b6b11fb5690d2b7eb05fe8cc93556db9ce37c3fa14cdc306ac1cff0163
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166C7 11228 bytes