Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdc57b6707d6d759…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 19:51:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3067b39c1c989f2c5e50fc7620d72218 SHA-1: 2bda9ad975187b33b1bd0fdecff754fdd9f0eb40 SHA-256: fdc57b6707d6d759d7e36ed2c638ba7dec248df47d26eb8d8a5de4c9e27d725e
256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of heuristics like 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK', 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM', and 'SE_QR_LURE' indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 9

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://yachtales.net/admin/userfiles/files/93643921473.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/74646540391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69758212837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306dbb813fb---nunazavomutazuvajegunemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhongresort.com/img/files/42035030080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhdaquyhn.com/uploads/news_file/61241230981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecosdaliberdade.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupowote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/rotamiteduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16348064804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/lusefubijaripofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/woxujesiwizogutozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munis-roquesalbes.cat/demo/vilalba/imatges/file/novijufizefomerogexato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5b2fd0996---vurorufiwizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393dae10fbf---6662553911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/vedusofusetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamwalibais.com/userfiles/file/jamigamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2n0ldu3kqthag6bfmemijvu704/duwiviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/regakir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borgopitti.it/userfiles/file/tufevusaxoteririxuwame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fra2ange.it/userfiles/files/50240908847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassonconsulting.mc/userfiles/file/22820252750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c45321b3edd68bee6ab6d22619ebedc6/17968103221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/47337508922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetanizepasuleritifawofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29ad73060efa50a789844a51a30884bc/sumesifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=fake+aadhar+card+generator+apkPDF 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_off0000e71c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE71C 17092 bytes
SHA-256: f5a6f9b13a4c8fc05dd365f0eb34126c6861f000a7716ef4028cf8f3fd1b5cdc
font_01_sfnt_off000113ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012be5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE5 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 542ad9346402f5c7d876a2da697ced0d4d045da9aff76d93d78aa57a04e344ba