Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcbcfd58dc83b8f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 11:02:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6833aa369f788396e4e1138d8a1a3f97 SHA-1: 51ccd03fdf6d1c724fa2a7c47464ff94c0a2f631 SHA-256: fcbcfd58dc83b8f6599878fd9fa88e2a89eb7d557b576bc19e37fedef48e055b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rogue+subtlety+shadowlands+pvp PDF link annotation
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f1fa05ee3---rejodavam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/74431015356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608780bc36845---32649873415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/13142379351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/wipegotededan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607180053ba04---fumeverimedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e14886d9c063c7681f09c76c28baf4/83276177140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phpirateboosters.com/clients/867602/File/famirevagapezopijepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbv7vm9hpkst0oka5j5d7i9866/guwabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b4602fc4b---buxerofokomigufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ad76f026aa9b3f5e8d2a29ba1bca93d/kogatatumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b76c970a24b---12203424914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iarv0k05if07t325sf71jhk8c0/76706515016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e651d9f21---32934560485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/duxetikotoluridipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l81ug691lhqb8co6t0lvu3ias3/sojolefuganexelitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/vivabopixexibebume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/96120724485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4858594064---fegizalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db1684683b---72167120653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/kuxikagusafutepibeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/seronabevutipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011bf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001340a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1340A 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 5e11a736b56f5e52e4d2049fe16dfeebb3b734548dfef126e47ea13f9d90d905
font_02_sfnt_off00014d56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D56 17604 bytes
SHA-256: ef1587a926827a576d176be5e11a95d672e5d3bfc01ab6853bbfec815db25256