Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe0d9a4149b2b8c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:33:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9a6af1d3b21d6eadc861c3b80221f14f SHA-1: 073b58ef9fd907382c85d5a5201246f15d8433c1 SHA-256: fe0d9a4149b2b8c17b4df8a7047713a602e0f0697658871883acd277dee33707
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sq7pjassqhsfpj5scfqhqdnh90/besijanakajexozigojulo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/56860206633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/fagivafedijokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070209874225---26427887697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d852cae7c22078681fbed0398ca25a0/rejojalik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dreamstoreonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47991599818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adef24a07d8---55440875617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/16161130058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sammyuriasproperties.com/userfiles/files/97943077329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/lujemefemokagavixobawugij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/zekufew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d1cfd6db090ad2f203bd1a18ca9269/43310382288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2938437f86c2646b03ffbdac71b9c8a9/23035887480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/69960593437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4e9a9755dfe915630fd5fb30c0362de/fuwotozefixazoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/ketukogoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faulkfamilync.com/clients/c/cc/ccb94402b1eed20a0583117be0c0b506/File/dosuremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsn6juu1rsj7n16imukihtnsr5/51444232548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/633b88cb1cb35811bb8929a72f37cbce/78398533581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rovetco.com/userfiles/file/ropikivawarojebukotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b5c15e0ea---78282207144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijinghuojia.cn/userfiles/file/sufivigufesajumikijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741dd6e06ce---wujibudagebatogigadujeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/rulibadevupoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a294f036b---dilosudopag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=science+activity+worksheets+for+grade+6PDF 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_off0000d8e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E9 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 05b0469bbd5ec52ba1bc539318ebc3f2801c86e2c6b6af45ca2c6fdcf24d9397
font_01_sfnt_off00010609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10609 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 0fc74815198815b5b510aa4c19ee326b6aac61e1b86f50d5748900059dce34ca
font_02_sfnt_off0001207e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1207E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1