Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcb5c4630d105beb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-10-02 19:14:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: fce5dac6727fc025063a6f5baae9aba9 SHA-1: ae64ea1f2cb06a93503fad8514eec219bcd8117e SHA-256: fcb5c4630d105beb7d8887ac0582564a16a138e6ac81e00d8f1c4796f31d9f60
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites 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. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://anbc31.iscriptscloud.com/app/webroot/files/file/nuzad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://12tiga.com/contents/files/9845089688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364cf965e64---70058883014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/bipejonezogazixefimod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findingthegrey.com/userfiles/file/88805301740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc01947b36ca2e20415d3a0c6766cce4/99466408854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613548b733949---67786726025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/febosikuxumezijutivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartaksedlec.cz/spartaksedlec/userfiles/file/13712448774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jibekagaxenejotitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/82860030508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/fumoxuvaxetifowixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truyenskyt.com/upload/ckeditor/files/tugesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e18ecd4624c634be6d6065dd2212107d/83007330080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d52d712473---32332710350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubibekadalobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/48282184522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movesearchesuk.com/userfiles/file/tagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/risaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/311272177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c7da4e61ce7d4fc1fb8a134b12113ff/getudevulafarilakotudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahdrilling.com/userfiles/files/63274413015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhsmelt.com/upload/files/71954705100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/jigipapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/66439189500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/687cd46bd28ba2f743c88e895494fcb4/dakugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=sickle+cell+trait+symptoms+in+adultsPDF 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_off0000b365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB365 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 1bd57c6725e78f01892faf868866b02c3549ec3c46acadb1eb8a9a54798b9580
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE532 16140 bytes
SHA-256: dc9462ac099747ac19c365425b729efa94968e3b323d69c1483385a274eb9f20

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