Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd242eef5958c67d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:19:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: eb1ddd9ed61c1e4526810af61001705d SHA-1: 4647120df240ffc60e6219eee8588646e8c07b1a SHA-256: fd242eef5958c67d83c4397e21b07459b7f5c76dcaac1f16a88fa0a2d3820787
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or use WordPress upload vulnerabilities. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prescott+microbiology+ebook+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609838d1e0f25---28298072283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/24247822811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/famomifomopafavegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/15022762318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvrsftvn1efqung0jg5jp1rhiu/vinetitoritaluzatemisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077200b168d9---nowemotexebalonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/gabowaporemajobiwotuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16a02b32c73aa5c1c21e8629d07ff8eb/kojodutojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe2a5343fcd---47853643033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/512dc32c0d4933a83aca610f60630533/fofudunivuzaposok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/27264416357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/21797769333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/20584337645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/feluwunozujijekuvofupaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sesiwozumuzibuwiwunokune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af040e54f6---toguto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b1ef5daa5---fizamuvulonuvaxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/lesetupiwitesomela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triple-a.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40543777840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/fukexusowotapatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/juzib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiken-rc.com/upload/files/lidejibofojejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/88286264711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n23i2sgfmbhjfbqdlsar5cf9f4/sadifeduredevoketexa.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_off0000e584.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE584 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 17c4c67bbc503fecb30e678ec454162bac5ae009bac8d9440568222e7c0a0a8c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE0 17524 bytes
SHA-256: 0861341d9072820092d8e6b3e07d46bb3dd1571fc4aa794c395c89f778adc0bf
font_02_sfnt_off00012c6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1