Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc901999d49bd266…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 22:49:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1b79a895d0c171ab2e08de1e6da8745d SHA-1: fe963c9688c66e3aa5f7979690dfd650ae6eb44a SHA-256: fc901999d49bd266846a3e2cee39fc97019b60eaf5fc2406f0649dead26207f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the URL analysis and heuristic firings.

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://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91070337294.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0542s2r7f3jocj815q4c6jkfh/19386784276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/53313853041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://positiveforce.in/uploads/files/setoseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/wiwixolamijovasugoduxibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellgroup.cz/UserFiles/File/forevetovetozivom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/balalutipolosowirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/gilujozivavolezotosutiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/6836693280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c81ccea54---lezitafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghettaetamionarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/20313838216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/6207461142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleedupark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nademukofufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namadagaskare.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiterake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82788447553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stormester.no/files/file/91166891248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb89056864---81151250515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.addvanceo.info/userfiles/files/24807442427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/25700902290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.giuseppe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejowinoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///rexepipiditivezesakelokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e717da4c45bd96be014df9dd99762739/zuwemelitogumul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36223092262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=scooby+doo+apkPDF 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_off0000b1d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9EE 10188 bytes
SHA-256: c8571e3787893f8812d00a1a9f1cc14e003d6823f0b45e7a168a59920e903425
font_02_sfnt_off0000e0a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A4 14776 bytes
SHA-256: 408cfcddcb21faa726a150c181e50b8c0f36679e33a1fb4b508b301c624ff25e