Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc77e81c1cc2feca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:45:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 13d14875659d5ac3e5f324c2b1e0ae84 SHA-1: 2b0fefd994c438e4287772d5940a6abe1b0a8510 SHA-256: fc77e81c1cc2fecabfbf82505c0c0d1316cc7d9c6b3ae55a3977056bbc4b66c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for initial access via spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31571014856.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d7aa492b5---betug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sscfrl8oj0kh14mpnfuj7c3tpl/mozazipirosukonorepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/19400521794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik8uhemhdhpc8afu0iau6377ma/zedosajuwesiwaloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b12fe49b9d---22008265862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb63c62618---64140048837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tnmkor.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210808_7FEF97A93B3EC639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/ramukopamuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/liwesanofamegobuvebekoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd6a166a5ed8a61029993f5a040f8db/bokepat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/rerukovunovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/44934673217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097daf5be6d1---zejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv5nh0ip0hk79mhgk2mt7vds9c/latobolalasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886f03e0cc9---45053720132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55f4089cdc59c556d1e64a6f9cbf783d/51562206166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/92484242381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d2b5e166c---fovefizeredovemigeradulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/98525223916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/somirozuwuzibidopimirig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105006d6eaf3---8291292150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a95c51bae---36142498532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4911042ddeb2a0af4f83d475e03c7ba/kujiweminerowaxibobukifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dieta+para+aumento+de+masa+muscular+pdfPDF 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_off0000b5cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5CC 10884 bytes
SHA-256: fed86266b74a16b19fb58f5523426e44b483bf93156eacf9f8cebdd15686d007
font_01_sfnt_off0000cef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE706 15728 bytes
SHA-256: a22390f200f1f7ca368301420469210c507234cb07735c4325b31a7b0626d6dd