Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcdbaf82edcd9067…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 05:42:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 904ad10211a4cbdb090a88d02e9d7d89 SHA-1: e338b93ae0a322da5f9605b4a6d7908c2aaf557d SHA-256: fcdbaf82edcd9067ba8e290f06d087530650b772611d3106e9b8349616726b20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or use common CMS vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, serving as a lure for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9862

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://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d33e952253---47606945418.pdf
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/71839460091.pdf
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87600961409.pdf
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/zutuzezuji.pdf
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f94bf3cdfb92771b04dc45346c1501/27606943169.pdf
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607030da99213---kaximasujuselulapuwuk.pdf
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210529020730.pdf
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8085f75304fb1f8ae7c9b46279a7a10a/28129532667.pdf
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/364dbc59883faac7260dbb8eb3cc062c/95758578295.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndn63igf6ie2br918kq2jmqs4a/dakisezosedopapejukelikas.pdf
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae1cd82055c1e30b54fea7cfc9ee5a9/73930218448.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/daredoziv.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/25193678632.pdf
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/76376181277.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdaf8ba6d94---36807218559.pdf
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c270fe61756---gijoz.pdf
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/43483295593.pdf
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/sifefatekoporofexawav.pdf
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fed8eedc6e127de8dcf7569eb201f244/talasagafotadigaj.pdf
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5677aa5e42---37874347661.pdf
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/in979q1uhmkfegvqccf2ib5ou4/81705600972.pdf
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82884782377.pdf
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/sijefawip.pdf
    • http://rlangkhan.com/upload/userfiles/files/bixefinujima.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+apathy
    • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f03b.bin
be6c239eadfde0a00ec94197b28a849698fea353d44e3832bfa1174296d7dd89
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03B 10468 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001080c.bin
706eb729f4422f0eff9153f1268b90543ed959b7034ae1221c8767538e79b90f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080C 21192 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e91.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E91 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000156a2.bin
a20dcd4c9d371a1b7c040db6a0b24cff39af90acaf1decea3c12a62d4518c632
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156A2 16716 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00016e43.bin
fc1166fabab2959db88beb3c61b0aaa9fe0fd99e5cc0469a381aa18d9f7b3ff4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E43 2788 bytes