Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fde92be68c1e9a3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-08-08 19:57:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5ecd64eed7df77a76b296f38c7b4ca1b SHA-1: 4ccd7a54563da6e88e6a1612e2f9bd4eccd7766f SHA-256: fde92be68c1e9a3d30bfc4aba3728f73265832389ecac269199de675aa65ac23
164 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, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://nwdglobal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loduvodoxujidewewagibapi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/6712410901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/bawakumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdb0464edef4d9fa62961652ea820a12/10384101568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/zegefawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78siof9jnvltdv9bsdoq2nua1e/fajovekesudawagezabuleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/vuter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/4988088868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607daccf83618---mikalunalavafeviwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ddf4724cc6c8b0bda55cbcea73bd71b/vixatijapogufafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e76ff1a9ad4---finezujosuzaridig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e3235b02522055c49c1a595471110ea/73659452607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/51284355736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dodudopokis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njd1mr0s2fs3a4mpar78p3gfc1/xijodasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/29732314543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d80db772da---gitafanokedagulizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/87098882168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e93d6de928---kuxofekufelekufewefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mankatomnclassof71.com/clients/e/e0/e0e8961458839910853a12af65841b27/File/77860923580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/jalen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=bloons+td+6+mod+apk+unlimited+xpPDF 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_off0000f614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF614 17280 bytes
SHA-256: db9f827135dc9efd6146625548258ef9784055b149e8cd66f321ea2f6744282f
font_01_sfnt_off0001234e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234E 10968 bytes
SHA-256: fa658d32244078582e8458ac40a7d3f566124f2fad5523b49ec299b1dfff180f
font_02_sfnt_off00013cc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1