Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe6c762bfba24be3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:22:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ca8fb1a967bcc007a527b2557146bf10 SHA-1: daf6dbde22f2423f26400623db278def63eca0fb SHA-256: fe6c762bfba24be37ef6b22be9cc5a1e2bedc802fb207fa8dadc510a5020c004
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous suspicious URLs points to a distribution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4edbd7dbbd052d33bda0bfc56dd665d/33452080634.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84992825726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/72923390771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3721e99b0---93006305771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minipit.com/data/files/82353533733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79d0fd00d0---modujodubiwokedutegatigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/76570042741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ec8930837b---90912879636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mb-classic-service.de/userfiles/file/49847873660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb2480ce9e---16506353113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/12063810812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djarkitek.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/sefafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///guwiwirumafosobojugugenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hebakotb.net/userfiles/file/98107949230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/polabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c535aa334---81351390233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/25605419914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210803_4264619C2BD219EB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b581489fd51---jitagilixuzejokukimarura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemaymemorialgolftournament.com/clients/d/d2/d245e0393a5bbb16d67b82808c007790/File/67693088051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xotejuwelijegezanoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd19842134c---2036071936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b6c60338f---57057939679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baobianhkhang.com/upload/files/54165262622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=respiration+in+organisms+class+7+question+answerPDF 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_off0000f0bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BF 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 0d9fe6ed9edade2becbdb93987ec0c19cbfa7bd214422688eb165a6f002e5e05
font_01_sfnt_off00011f8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A3 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 69b09e8158df43e7255140b69ee54948471b302efc11b36dd37b641bc761ce1f