Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc927e7ae6317559…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:04:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b77e91292a18374fff72504dbbb2adc1 SHA-1: 041c0d36639664047a011690f95500b35a22f7a5 SHA-256: fc927e7ae63175591b8b3cd0824204b255a063cd842910dd032e52934d8c027e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF link farm heuristics suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://konzolstudio.ro/uploaded_files/file/24041202421.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/zuwumasuzofodiripagake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28917c5c6d84c5330cae396bc5630374/96594565346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.seminariomenorvalencia.com/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62045923797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekaplast.site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28903431956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newfrio.com/userfiles/files/sulamapetetaxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.pl/users//file/retodijenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/zafifevok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/984922b5ceed896d0c458572a99630e0/dosixakomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608124ba9371f---rekazilafoxelexalogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781518a71c9---momakefikeselix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cac36a759c---56006683039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classykitchen.pl/web/uploads/files/dapova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/dasozufexaninenaguwaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtprogetti.eu/userfiles/files/67880169716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovojob.com/userfiles/files/lomatilefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sigalixivemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99526423726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molasodokitujakopudir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.net/userfiles/files/62236896533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8cf5a746d44f373b3a7b8aeaf1e7fe/57954903499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/xosojanuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/dokovapileforigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609475d43f736---wojobutibagevanosaragedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=oregon+scientific+all+hazards+weather+radio+manualPDF 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_off0000e14f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE14F 17364 bytes
SHA-256: e17824cef94967cfd1befe0e091bc02542099a85d4334e67b7a7f445da63667e
font_01_sfnt_off00010e9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E9A 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 6fec81ae2a12f7d6b2c2fb247f02f5ad106b1b072ba4c2ca042eedfd31073986
font_02_sfnt_off00012884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12884 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1