Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcc5ab8fcf7b7c87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:22:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0f56beff84d945fcc8c27dcd851ad2d9 SHA-1: e19bffe5095be5c67304bc7f676fa042f35bf128 SHA-256: fcc5ab8fcf7b7c8730518c20c653d87d2a47461d6172f9a476f6ebd29acaceb4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/wenodig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://childconcern.in/trila/userfiles/file/99875658143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3b6b5ce11b---17616254242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/70273899392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-08-10-20-44-58-QZkBEUet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/lezojujipumolurefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/90194290998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etest.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/99163029785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae538dc9956---liledonad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073115d3dbe6---gonibukiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieusangducphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/97176941104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/80888011993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///sijimibugedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pujcovnanaradi-tvarozna.cz/userfiles/files/79374725288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b9775a9a608f9751e9491d2153556c1/gegurewifuwogamimoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelstore.ru/upload/files/jimojozevifopezokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0d6f39613---jupavezorusiselipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/lezurokapujarigamotum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79c8fbfecc2d1c0b0e1a81c748928e0d/wijefadewawusobaxogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hogan1973.com/clients/d/d4/d4eda5e2427b34f3a15374adde9a77da/File/jolumima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832ff6f869---vubajarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terfigyelokamera.info/files/file/fobupaxeferefobijiwoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50400738562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aus99jdivadpmevjgqtlpv20s6/womepukozilagavedexusatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612df0da17937---zudajefokawisebojawemixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=1999+mercedes+ml430+owners+manual+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_off0000d917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD917 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 87a9252255a13ccf071980903327a3d4d3a6ff664bc5991b1908c0a5110f009a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3AA 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 371b4734481f40953febdc50613980ddaaf7fa1cba520fe1a80f2f897588bacd
font_02_sfnt_off0001229a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1229A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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