Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdc0db2937c24d03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:35:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd258940b02343bc8154ff55d4eb89f1 SHA-1: 8c5af3eee19ae3b2b2599bca91d02a56a86629c8 SHA-256: fdc0db2937c24d03482f08c868173d93f27c16b562d8064f39c0fc22f5e0d797
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which are flagged as potentially compromised or disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these linked documents. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the analysis relies on the URL heuristics and AV detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://kovospm.cz/fotky/file/rajokutovek.pdf
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/56549862448.pdf
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/10296282277.pdf
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/35803426026.pdf
    • https://lawweb.info/mycms/admin/userfiles/file/muganopixodekoj.pdf
    • https://pbanerjeeservices.4digitmagic.com/userfiles/file/87162692722.pdf
    • http://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/88820520088.pdf
    • http://lerucherdesanges.fr/userfiles/file/jaresamunevitaped.pdf
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/96580858547.pdf
    • http://conniecorsentino.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jugowakaxiterobon.pdf
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161475f1911b5b---xumamemorerusaro.pdf
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lokoxunixegoburexobime.pdf
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents/files/busifaw.pdf
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89ed974bc4ba36e9c2002f850a7db29d/57486692779.pdf
    • https://knoxvilleremembers.com/media/poxaxewabozi.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360d3418155---janopa.pdf
    • http://jr.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulikekadoji.pdf
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/74333834728.pdf
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/namosok.pdf
    • http://mq-water.net/upload/83348654004.pdf
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/sibegigovosojegigitefozob.pdf
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/mebiridasuxofi.pdf
    • http://musicincw.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/dafisobesozawopuzigaza.pdf
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614984413000b---toserulitowixiru.pdf
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/93288135107.pdf
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/46320338583.pdf
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/59637124382.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+real+l+word+season+2+123movies
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fcea.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCEA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011501.bin
6ef19568bcccf26680ccb5b25e8e6890bcc408308e65127adc398e83c1474cbc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11501 10872 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e15.bin
cb4f924c1a2872b3cfafb4f32a1119bcc3e02897281bc8f24036ad4499cf08c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E15 19668 bytes