Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe1c2229e3870ca3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-10-14 15:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 10441e850940704e6c38ed2d4801f715 SHA-1: 3993bce7f31c098be4e461253c879ba1b63657e0 SHA-256: fe1c2229e3870ca3a5d5b80ce16139b5e07d2747e80b2c9f33b2fef9d7aeebe7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/banajabajowasotefez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hongsung114.com/files/fckeditor/file/44284853227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parmalab.it/userfiles/files/94841975963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/17902645139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/sepepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/85383680931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonezi.morefriendship.com/upload/files/wemudeguwiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/xitozevulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5f5f8c613f34855495c13da095b4f1e/ledenek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canissapiens.com/images/uploads/file/75089420749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/26121113864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dfb95b25f1409b859ffc9bd285775a5/6602260252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poptheme.cn/uploadfile/files/20211007_104637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161668fd1be8e1---57410015314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvunigagewimixaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etabetasurvey.com/userfiles/files/30466860838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/sokewuzefakezitiruvol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1154cc148952d74976a98a9eb7172344/febigujakuwabotejufeseji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/33213740191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povesulobikatevulexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-wonders.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/97328676151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/soruxegibumupujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/siwopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/susogalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/KGDyd8lM0uI/uplcv?utm_term=reading+for+a+master%27s+degreePDF 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_off0000deaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEAA 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 7ce9bb9853fd36aa155b6ddcd887d4a3898927a6e813b52c953c263e57b67b91
font_01_sfnt_off00010c30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C30 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 5f8ecc18204f83f71cb144cca53140e1fb231833a74149481957c8c12018d628
font_02_sfnt_off000124ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1