Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcfecf2da673e688…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:50:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 53f496682c646b68bfc443e8bb4b052e SHA-1: f6fdff79a4a727f6cf898ab4c6732b71baa39072 SHA-256: fcfecf2da673e688e130b45db2be14284a47b7a9feeee43a259e012d99ab89f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a payload. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6599e3a7f782566e5638d7655f4364b2/76896903895.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/45491202279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d63ee1b7c---vasolabeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzpony.de/obrazki/file/86021262010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/pipatuzanobuvizoxumetuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beverleyannes.net/home/beverley/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegawoboteturepufonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b30b35c7a99ff90f814572ab718e1075/68453255253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/35742826169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fq6un175p727tvkd1kvfper104/getolufelezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/bupuzuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f8dbdfdd9---83557130227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msvadba.ru/files/file/regufelirunususupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/30016494392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fad2844640101166e58609899ea7c2fe/gavenakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumijuzobafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/niwupavejoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083da3918b45---83193229513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd8088b9cc---38588296816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpidia.com/contents/files/865777106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellmysayarah.com/userfiles/files/28128566701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/44683662853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df4947c1fd---391146943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609781dc972f8---xuposawaxojifodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tj-1970-50yr.com/clients/e/e8/e8fccb6fb94f20b6ca4375945b3939e1/File/bedavixov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=executive+summary+samples+pdfPDF 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_off0000ff71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF71 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 7c8f82e5e71c47c005615a37d30a704081e976721ecde52331f19be22b1e6263
font_01_sfnt_off000118cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118CF 18084 bytes
SHA-256: f656976ff510018ada2f2fc08db86e34592ae39e9d8ec457cd379045684e2014
font_02_sfnt_off00014785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14785 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1