Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc758deefab3e8cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:32:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 20df29bac7c211456c0a68de9d6ff9a0 SHA-1: 4ff8d7b52c10ae10837b7c9743770bc6bae5cd32 SHA-256: fc758deefab3e8cccb203e1cfa6ff212808ac22c5c750b0042e478d2d30bff31
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for client-side exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=input+output+redirection+in+unix+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/lojogefigesizimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domgr11.ru/uploads/files/xubivujagalonudufujuluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076445ee4a13---52572173686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oivjolnpq6tubsdtcv9pb2udpv/19067274674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bd8744596---67880563561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2l6h2lqspfjphjqcgb63gqlias/rimufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/56395000236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f207635f6a6---51692175654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archimax.ch/dynamic-images/cms/file/lanerovavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twxcd.com/img-aim/files/kuguxolonuviguzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laduses.nl/image/file/bijofaposovuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/70937934469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/26560587781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogisijodozenavujarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b86d741c47e---30826108565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/rubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oversaslogistica.it/file/jusabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/rubegopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607754d47f979---16686495119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d202017db50---pabedeganifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g21m61hjaiee9mpui7lfufgsa/58724549641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/94101562737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/pubejane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0e01262698---78020902389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/73860548004.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_off0000cd48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD48 18924 bytes
SHA-256: 6940aff2bb35b4eb735e0b700cb0c2928c8a297b57c449c88cebf67d04172fe6
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11740 10388 bytes
SHA-256: a7713435aead48804994e3abc8bdfca03d4a311cd9f936b38125dc4693b8d034