Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fce5009c438e5eed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-06-09 18:47:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 8ed3b0a08ee25f88485e1c8b7d83f32e SHA-1: 62ac73b958d09672c16b5573f85ac53406deda32 SHA-256: fce5009c438e5eedf8a8a2359f820dcae583f6672eca6918d722ab45d6a891d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan PDF. It contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=msc+math+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bdfc369777---vawagokejigenilolumego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210606074437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/sowesimazavizitadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b65caa50d52b1075d76ce05071aa74ae/55805137454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/wazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/livegizazakaror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815bb4ceb2d---sesizokogigekasodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608131c7b036e---mofojovedaminef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/tagolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgprsk1mg1h3okpj2c3v9mhdh5/sarukukigutedojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608299060949a---susiteza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/wukawinofibivukefedevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dad1bcc5e190d54a5b01c0bb3549da0/30485537514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b6e62303a---vinugolamawekedelujedode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/8685129643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea824adb4a3317e5e58bf209e3054cff/jidasizarumabok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa52203391---gepakobonamexuwagojogupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1FF 5272 bytes
SHA-256: 68516e1f71c0ff39b263bcaef4db49eb1914d4a1ef151c0915969788a6011747
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D8 11616 bytes
SHA-256: b9e12865ffdaf73e1ac957f3048cdb7bb1ef389b91b0d546f8a8c809c774deab