Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fce3d59156d05750…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 13:46:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3fc9ff1f859a395feb137ef996bb55cd SHA-1: ff330a4dda5ad22193690ba0e92e66821880965d SHA-256: fce3d59156d05750e08d849144c13bd041ed611c4d4f90f7392fa717c4f82a3b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for malicious files or phishing content. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, suggesting potential for further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608333e07fef5---goravalu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/24619047558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4db2b779ed---69394252998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/zisikutesuzibowalexukune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4u89brn064k2t9k578bkvdosd3/jafobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b88ea44dfaa0a4dc682c2caef61a7f4c/pagakobekakagaziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/bodura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentdorottyapatika.hu/files/85712074140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/68473102278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/69100236802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37edb96ced50be2d01dcae8e7d069350/83888618825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d3c2e9cde830bad0f4f5f59f1021bed/88616912506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb297e08166---kodex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083639025b16---80362125250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakianco.ir/data/image/uploads/news/files/vawubexadewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/99788080805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2f637fc45---wasolaxilobusivame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094366620ae2---sagelibatigigafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a544c084f67---wegixonuxetewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021072323535689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b0bd65208---24951135707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47202879880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/zinuganokudelivumemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afddb9ded9---zakovonejexuwipezutumoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=serie+el+barco+temporada+2+cap%C3%ADtulo+12PDF 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_off00011240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11240 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012a57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A57 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 66c88d3f919a382d8db643f1ebb7f64d25042d0dfbd84035404472c80b4e91e8
font_02_sfnt_off00014392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14392 18944 bytes
SHA-256: 86cd0d7d934147aa65ac8bca027927388a61d68a0e0984860ce32e9750b05deb