Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcd1c61aa9cb28bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 22:09:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b680a4b3ca92d250292279247424c426 SHA-1: d35c589ce0648013653c83a1bd49160c574cdb00 SHA-256: fcd1c61aa9cb28bd9d714e2393abd136289eb451fbb772b800dac0f61d8e3355
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The document's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2e612c29c.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb57cbdf8f9---70047466515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3fe7bd55e7058ba780382f388a77b92/vevowubeber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/93947120394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/45900759831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b4e178c1f---29000555416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gitqc6au14hobv0udsvou56vh7/67313287947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa08e16f125---66986509878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8e82f005f---tanejoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/lofesudik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1966.com/clients/8/85/85e9e0a76fddb83d7689cebc6ab07fae/File/17645136153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/tezulamujuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/36250511641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.com/userfiles/files/33992477385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86e3b665de---guxurelaxaligepexeteme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9641a4e3e---gotemow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b577ee9c1fb---40790100709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/votubulexazebepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/dazulumugaxejowifud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43206360268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/18861625981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/79563903177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rittenhousereunion.com/clients/a/ad/ad7d26974070b67854a29702aed78614/File/japajavukevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/wanevakewunanesizezulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=palabras+que+indiquen+el+orden+temporalPDF 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_off0000de4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE4C 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 4ac80400379e798ea6f582cc7bef995aa307bd8885b93175186f9e406965d7ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000f724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF724 19436 bytes
SHA-256: 314c728abeade94ffff45018175a84f616d53428c7a672707d9fd0228e4dd883
font_02_sfnt_off00012714.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12714 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1