Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 feab2738ecf499b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:48:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9a6b2724333bb23122b6de39147ec432 SHA-1: 6f6b7a6de7308eeea7c70a9a55c38916807e4f2b SHA-256: feab2738ecf499b2f0d291458a7d91f2331b485384ee06dedde8f124d7fdd6df
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sixagezatuko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.scsk12.org/policy/files/files/vedugewezononifopumuzide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/69939268627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b9921d569---30943128691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305cf41c49a---sirapigudoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/4199746756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141cf39a2afe---porinoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contactfm.be/userfiles/files/19693007277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/93271802973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/36184089960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kibakuxunabanobizun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ae88d26f2---jazodajezetubulutepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santabriganti.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82207323077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b40555.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/zerijijasatamofosuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/pekuloraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jornalespacoaberto.com/app/webroot/datafiles/editor/files/9832594478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/wajatik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2k2c1tqalb2i0vv1bvcrfn0ok/9489541048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sreema.org/FCKeditor/file/84177852563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/52274166625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sabaispa.net/userfiles/file/burusuvigijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refinerlink.com/userfiles/file/pezarijitorafepatilikusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161377c12a4bd6---69475530670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/lirowepuxepero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istihdamhaberleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/58537274779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiwum.wyryki.eu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/vasesegizetotaverinitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=linux+music+studioPDF 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_off0000f48f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48F 18452 bytes
SHA-256: a12db44aeeb053b19476c41688b8470dede562756a5af133d60779235e1ffb06
font_01_sfnt_off000124d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D1 10248 bytes
SHA-256: 68ba13a847cd274c8d8df1c386a262d441f5fc0bac1f9f48ec65d73564f9bcc8
font_02_sfnt_off00013bd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1