Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fce2291ce14776a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-07-27 19:25:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9d1e50d17a911c8a8145374e6908a1d2 SHA-1: 0caae73fa35dc33b159642242c9b38b2a3ae3d77 SHA-256: fce2291ce14776a9467adddd3d8d7bdadce4216c9a09c2f8d6d158d9c2cab5f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The presence of numerous links, including those with UTM parameters, suggests an attempt to obfuscate the true destination or to leverage SEO tactics for malicious distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/nikidowajosukosirevanibur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5202945264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb0772fcc6---7562604639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/45839432020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/69928931610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3cd32035ff---nojininixuwuzujelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infiniteprospects.com/FCKeditor/file/zedubojuvixakiwonobesisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74c3e01d5ea06faaa71b8b663a56e079/45084451655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/3959293493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/400881d5eea6d491f224f113b476e56a/gitilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valleypainclinic.org/userfiles/file/24648639011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/95861346386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c950eb4b1f6---46585643173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608413f143ef4---totefemopufanogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop//contents/12446614133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/petotaluluxiniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mchs67.com/clients/6/60/601da637195afcc8544498be66ee72b0/File/nerusineguvawotitinivema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb1f709259---55045942011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede6ff2e4c5---kakepewiledanirefagefapul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c969c4beb20---53377002511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/40822871887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/vazokipopumafesoxirewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc6a62t314doq4lpfpp4r2mdck/75093361792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/25393696117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=objet+et+objet+technique+6%C3%A8me+evaluationPDF 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_off00010458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10458 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 83354db03e850bd0e7e762b950c4987568da99fec0b6cf3995947fb901754f91
font_01_sfnt_off00011df2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13604 19852 bytes
SHA-256: abba3b38051aa532f4450ede87d66deb5d7f697110ff6513a90514be2c733805