Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdc5bfbeb89f19c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-30 12:52:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a3bf35266459081b6e0246e85e57c806 SHA-1: 78a8db8c33ba0c5071df7b0404bb8037bc591f8d SHA-256: fdc5bfbeb89f19c0a03d5537f8f1633be8060b0046b972f5d7d8a1f14c82aa24
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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.
  • 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://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/lumulu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c5abcd8f9954d008dc6e9ebfe0afe1b/satujexebujozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef7143d62efbb8f4bd115f2c2cd7b848/18342853754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/28441688289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/mozovumajurixefexuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/88281678625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082980f718ff---95026717610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/40271431651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lenomujirasiwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843c0a772552c9ee0d64148da2f369da/volokigenuguripitewajude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e36175ba0---setobuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/worap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b00ceee35d---lavepibini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82be9405fb12285bb9d1baeed4f6e28a/givinexinuwozumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be79c6e0f9---62343925521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afslab.asia/upload/files/57232162391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1ift1un4d80smojqo1r8j5641/98535084722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/kutiguwiraguzumusemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/lulereruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smobiil.eu/userfiles/files/55851165812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/49352598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/116d15feb29528fb556d17646ffba672/tifaworotosiwujowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4ce8ba648---99096318931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/pasokejadogalozofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=brawl+stars+download+pc+without+emulatorPDF 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_off0000f5b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B3 16892 bytes
SHA-256: d33f289cd4a5256939007a120165b4c965ed9220b3fc143e06ca8193c1183ac0
font_01_sfnt_off000121de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121DE 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 9a5ac189b25284eb9ed3c8d3aece4637cdf88b224646b605893e252d46f772d3
font_02_sfnt_off00013b5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1