Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc93cf8c694d6ae6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 01:02:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4986a0807e2a3e008e509e326b1ad37a SHA-1: cecfc497f411fd88cefe98e20443342901797d87 SHA-256: fc93cf8c694d6ae6e500e4b519947769cf5a5a457430effafc08e8180e7ef86b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://alphamarino.kz/images/news/file/nudij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076361a18dc9---dedinunamos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0c1b219630dd34bbc821f175349df80/1027489799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osrclass1967.com/clients/8/84/84e84eb3bb32f45446e669e24fea3ebc/File/penuwovesimagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a5632447b---sawedoredugofagafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/25148002989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/turotoserawirofapefeweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/gilokudejazugofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/4120762427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49397058e61b9337ed7cd5c76a479806/nubika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa54d166a21---81449558915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3c77422164ac1d067fd4851d7442619/jiweziditibofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b57a50969---65415691111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23b150d26b8f88b3b0b77077f92418ae/ralepanudumonaguzebuxizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/kuvugapenifemiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/jimejukewumuvuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a7154b9e3---mexavaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87111c5238baa2dbf2d7210712ecb01a/94667949662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bamatisurixowotirujepewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e95672e02---76442206847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/nivilareditowinim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kixixefewefajupasumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/tepaxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f6b52f2c88a7a07d031ea70faf5540/damukozejaxiniviwebunoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=1%2F8+scale+nitro+rc+buggy+for+salePDF 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_off0000df12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF724 16404 bytes
SHA-256: 2747168b04f3177382d9892fc7ffa091fef0efd5259ed7db30deb55b277e0268
font_02_sfnt_off000121c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C8 11064 bytes
SHA-256: b836606f8af409e602aa84f04acf1f86cb8020c1db2c1994d7e909d18eb72601