Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcc3e07dd3c1e261…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:49:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e62a16e62e728beacbdce6b25e1de258 SHA-1: 52de5e110026fb493a87c4b700f4892f404996ff SHA-256: fcc3e07dd3c1e2616e4fd5b245cd2f2caea13d845207bd153f7a6894f2f3eb35
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as a phishing trojan by ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further context on the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4208

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/31590349035.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd01571a1b---pulosetibusubogavosoxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/povakugixatadexuzutigitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bcfc179fd---10507260567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/80976472044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/rosawanononotiwuzeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4541ec3195580a80f093aae080b60e93/tezatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609840a43c594---bifodisavavuvukifotovijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minerva-collection.net/files/files/xetef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e191020b3---ponexiwifixami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da6943b04d---11430139761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c386c27b2a605827f506f6e67cec303/22312397712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809efbe189b---12150336168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c947233b8---98422860674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d45fb2a8d1---xasiwofuviguxarobogub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/37024804394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/pifutemujanikuxumivuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/29321196835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3ea00661c---muxojebokobuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/ruwabifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28u1orkt7r6q86frkceg09i1r6/11064460808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/zamazuvirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/nuzuluwonujewiregosevaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=wisayah+global+investment+companyPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f30c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF30C 16528 bytes
SHA-256: 29c42687ca19d8e56fd47424ae163e30a6522089e218796af96f6b9871cdb4e5
font_01_sfnt_off00011dab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAB 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 465d772c836865b38c9fac8ff09d182864f32b8f514d2ee680cdc3f8d0dfd868