Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcd312d703abd977…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:02:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f1e7314ed21144e39cf8373f378482a2 SHA-1: c0bbade68193013257f8fff39a406817594563b2 SHA-256: fcd312d703abd9779d8b627d4626f5d5af9f79f1fef31ef8eba909114790e67f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=regular+verbs+past+and+past+participle
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/xukabago.pdf
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/dixorulelonagizu.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072edbfcdf4a---febuliripetojifadam.pdf
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a61469deb4---geminojudaririmugus.pdf
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f0a7942c2---7046706328.pdf
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/30950425550.pdf
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/30461278280.pdf
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0da679990de5276019b17a15dccefe87/67477491195.pdf
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8934166242.pdf
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6738e9f91---93591366265.pdf
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d353877e3b2dce73a80075f1a707a35/57713243071.pdf
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e5e5b16804ec4da4d64ebf8894f9866/texezururufofagisepo.pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00uqin1qko1gqu06p2v647ndi3/68374395363.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35dbe23e16ad7b784aaac0a909d5c1b3/2766076307.pdf
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/97969926441.pdf
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rulubopizuserazunubotuli.pdf
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49597283493.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f82b385e2d---muziduximuveri.pdf
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/4285212454.pdf
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6b4917d4b---73531962873.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/saprkr2cbsed0bpneq346ab9g4/12669677365.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e60fd00c2---57595758621.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05494b07fe---44653231810.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e51fd76d2.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082443fbb2e1---50126611306.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2ca.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2CA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fadc.bin
db1ee79392343f054774557a8e41f8fdeba3870d67f76e2963f10a49dbd30ad7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADC 18332 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129a4.bin
cd240110fd46ba6181648b55b1cdd98e77f8e2a0c8385036abc227c3405f0fcb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129A4 10920 bytes