Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc9893309956a91f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d920d31346be2535aeeabe090cb6bc79 SHA-1: 9f09eb070ed6e144b1e704158749e8f4a8733053 SHA-256: fc9893309956a91f0dc2741767edcdb3cfa7cc54a1a964e0c2ecb90db8505e98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of these link farms and the compromised hosting indicates a sophisticated attempt to obscure the ultimate destination of the malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f588c285b---34704528487.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digukojogavedaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a030d46ca82---japisugerewaxaxamafisana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/jejiwakegemisawibumaripem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaphcm.com/luutru/files/70309240623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhs1978.com/clients/d/dd/dd8db5a278a7ad55a2ada34b8e38ebcc/File/60896318990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-8/file/xegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/nimujaropema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/dowoniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08d73c65ed8a5a3e12e6aa049836df21/peregisiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/suwosolusupinalojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161062ac530491---fivemelezomatepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73848045465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noahjohnsonsark.com/clients/e/ef/ef24418f2336b9480f3353ee42fa3f58/File/59643024324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tch.lu/files/files/fitimixuzoluge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23503955079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d490d0eaed03988be69e284d02b28016/91717187551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korzayithalat.com/spot/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e04121a035e---60266701757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoteltrip.com/userfiles/file/risefoxemojinodokiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6a6c8aca3---mebumapovilabaleruwoxile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aerotechgroup.ru/img/outer/files/raregokavadagawukitiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eagle-aviation.com/userfiles/files/99215790414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501211524879975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogasol.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dunitera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/bedafigevubasupupumexejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=political+sociology+meaning+nature+and+scope+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_off0000d1b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C6 17836 bytes
SHA-256: b5df59efaf471e7a489758211746e86b250fa1784551266348b60fdfbba392b1
font_02_sfnt_off000117ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117AC 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 38f299fb93a821d4f37e27cfb64e8a3e0d5df64b650779f15804428d2b1729b2