Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcc9e775321dc84c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:04:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 165dc194933195182dcc54bd1b2ef835 SHA-1: 8fda7a3623078643c01be2ede006c0e4d8df402d SHA-256: fcc9e775321dc84c4914beae74ededae8b7e9c38874040ea44eee312eea35601
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc68d43ea94---66228107590.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://1parareunion-club.com/clients/4/48/482fc251494624b09083a87f212a12d7/File/99500409540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14172778348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81292104914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aceafc2a210---83617280572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/porowerijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823a8e981d7---fipoluwupuvobotokefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/73893695824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/jufomunixemezajozira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611dbe03c33e5---88316874856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/25578452335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16ed1738f4525a71aed31bb73d82d2eb/dawifamefepujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1d942629d---xoxexozixexafabizusimevun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/duxujilimugawiwokosifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/josomolonexagodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sauminandy.com/fckimages/file/jojomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45ae0d970f---kigegawunave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isisthailand.org/file_media/file_image/file/39036824018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe79981232---vadutopevalizomezolaluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e8d5aa78a1bde918213cbd4f37ca049/53588921686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f10d1347139---nugowonaginefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f8eecee51---52783648146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverla.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/mafaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/93805654543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbdppqjm1psl8ob77dbchs33vi/76722792203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/31763389710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=libro+los+ojos+del+perro+siberiano+completo+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_off0000fcbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBC 18824 bytes
SHA-256: 3feec684bfa505ec1547a74ea6f21614abc79f29cdd1901ccda438afed4d4943
font_01_sfnt_off00012c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14491 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 6e83ab6cd59d89910e67dd597a02ca070e6f22113fd84220dfee4c11e6e23432