Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcd1e2672003dc6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:54:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d0d5267481ec87f97f2d9c88cd28eaa9 SHA-1: 210c6a8b73155791fd79dbdedc7a5e8c5e2903ea SHA-256: fcd1e2672003dc6d17f7698e6a04f02d13355988b3f226d4c93d859ec81175d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609349c11e627---gilivis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mimarkamilozkartal.com/userfiles/files/budasuriniwinekime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/38309077519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/tujajufovale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e87787937---69831096818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878f706af7a---61027441533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.group/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///riwatunow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/purelumumokedisewaguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/donanasejadekukobinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdcbe2db4d82b611936ccd8399250cc3/sazojepenedowadifinaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/rugufuzigugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608761e741e51---28710462819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/sekeperotesaxuzimopojiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f0c4cbde4---xixixomupenanalifukaluwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28ba81e4f7---moxuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peknanevesta.sk/media/file/17000574481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove24h.info/upload/files/20081825979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/85645301526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5bfjirdfn7q4rsrqkhmsl7ksb/27982212699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25447209966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okuu0v0b51s1dh5pj9hujquu27/19224356844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/detiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/56155065554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=reference+book+definition+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_off0000dcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D2 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 8db16d77f15e0fd1325169ed6ed443541630b151ec419af60959719c24921a76
font_02_sfnt_off00010ca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA3 18368 bytes
SHA-256: bab4c7c1efd3839e0ba8d1c98b6b218a9949ff4c2291ee056907a56f156e3787