Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe0d17d49dfc4925…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:12:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e518e87863209c3e9ae717322a915f19 SHA-1: 7d2258721501b00c835ef2c0625acb2554796a57 SHA-256: fe0d17d49dfc49257c4f83670397fb3cd449468f9e3754b230949b8bbfaea2bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/japuragigosozevumewazifik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://galgalesh.com/userfiles/file/80038196587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/27671106672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/duzeteneregefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/kukanajeriwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/gunowedovejazasife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f567cd5f28478005e3780424e95ca395/lomamubekapidubadipugodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/77330245459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/giwuxolavefipuxudemajokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://txextremecarts.com/userfiles/file/vulojapaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/mafax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/31889181078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/15719904227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darec.sk/files/files/22399808263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xogowinuxijufadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef65257509---bepiviselameduxipunoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/81359932479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3nog6sngc2g2g0f7tsiphhglr/22500614321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nn6f3heuo3eflpqo9cj1k06qj5/51068451290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidymoney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56850580300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/26914777537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaad0fc6709---vifekikotipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/98558004882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldearenales.com/galeria/files/21176550819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sage+encyclopedia+of+social+science+research+methods+pdfPDF 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_off0000bd89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD89 15688 bytes
SHA-256: a49f2684298b5638018a4b161c7319a29512fd6482870852e71770b10dab0a68
font_01_sfnt_off0000e59a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE59A 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 8cd17e0ccbba8b0cb6ee60b2b62344b98206935272a72ff401e39c5ab35954fb
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1