Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe10517d681e2143…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:46:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9be8e968b4d5eefd0d5ee835975c0e7d SHA-1: abb02973647a16eb0ce169dbb24dc65d64192349 SHA-256: fe10517d681e21439ca2bba4e51fb3c23f0be5280c742ed2e7d441b9c72667f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm and a phishing/trojan distribution point. It contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flower+bearing+plants+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973c1580a79---redenudosaruvubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5769930b6a---velomumufinededuzujekoraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/roxinebunuzatemonef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbeyoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/10028255932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/tebolojijil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetownsendfamily.net/clients/a/ab/ab79602242cca8f930cd52af13df1d51/File/12254771380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speak82.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/tudaresogodudusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/bavatedanarulatesigubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70b8452bb048ebb0677b0e5d6e96ef21/31817725402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegman-kzn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taxumonoxopepevarokex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/taragemafatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741e43d9ab5---nupuxafunisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/jetovarawegukurajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nj544auu85kbva0oqgnclhhgq/wanazujudafexagozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopsuathientu.com/uploads/userfiles/file/47863771425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/kumugaxanabetakibawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5percent-design-action.com/upload/users/files/biwusazadaroxikupunibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89c7948631---zupexezutuzugewawigijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/tateverenolusupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jatuwaveka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126b1cc368a1---konat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhocpgp3gdkjhavnoicmp1ssqd/bomobori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fst-uinsu.net/userfiles/files/53254658220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/34989819524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE271 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 2a9902b65a375c8cbb9f35eed55c48075b6da969a7476273257388f977db0496
font_01_sfnt_off000110cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E4 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 68a0da3121f6f6f3182c3f993e52b9e3c717bc43b4b5b30c4ccfc9ed26d513f4