Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcef975523d9493e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 11:58:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 4ceb8a4c88ebda28500599bd9b878fb5 SHA-1: 10a78ae3fa573fcef0109d043cbb2bef990833ad SHA-256: fcef975523d9493efb2ce56b6cec3b58e5e1418a0e30c2aec4c4e29045c40928
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and callback lure heuristics further supports a phishing or scamming intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kung+fu+panda+2+full+movie+watch+online PDF link annotation
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/59333864580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/fadutubotaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/namazolavupugole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://encino.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/153173603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324f5ebad1c---40318891348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b7f5aa0d5---20669104442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/delelonojize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipsphotographystudio.com/81360681745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86973268724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912114308765264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/44468991094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bongoes62.dk/userfiles/file/rimewumufugomatasafafino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iucecb.com/files/file/zebajukuziwesogifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itui7msknmbn7jd7a6d8534910/37832793171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelarombiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/jebomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvit-bk.ru/userfiles/file/94900173955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm300159.agchost.com/userfiles/files/sarevuzukubimabikuderu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobesowofotenirakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-oil.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/14307295883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/pirokazunozoludepeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rarozu.pdfIn 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://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_off0000e1ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DC 17816 bytes
SHA-256: efc116344999fd34b97b8cb93ade66e295bb47c39e40f5216fac7825e104b263
font_02_sfnt_off000127e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E1 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 5f49b771b628ecfa6a3750fc1f23f039eab8519ebe0b9116ce97403294c42bee