Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 febf3b76c14355f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 22:05:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 254e8489172a95ebe3c4637a549c7d61 SHA-1: cf3b569f45c72b9aa8bdcf23418f62f7d1772afc SHA-256: febf3b76c14355f79dc2c2e07cd9c4d4908668c6d72818a6d56ee4ab52247959
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a URL with a 'utm_term' parameter suggests a potential lure for users seeking specific content like 'ez cash unlimited coins apk'.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ez+cash+unlimited+coins+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://xageunion.com/userfiles/file/xivelegevawuxegumasalago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/86045162963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/raxokijaxatepojujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romofok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2sulkeqavv425tjp2h2vr47eh7/6660968295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/rasumazadenifanimiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/58858374112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/nuvodowemeximubuxefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614485d4525fc---17538386459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d342d83b5f---gozixofizagolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongmao.tw/uploads/files/202109221813452678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-ail.ch/pictures/2/bitevowosofelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasz.hu/editor_up/70622674623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtrafitcoaching.com/www/images/files/pazenutubefujodatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/lasezamuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22837802166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khojedu.net/userfiles/file/71952164312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59729644497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/niludotob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tedumun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rabotatver.ru/userfiles/admin/82029001553.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_off0000b0a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B8 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 7b7cc278c6f7abc5f42785427bcdbfd280b0723d2126553cc22454479c9a0b24
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C9 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 869c2cfeb3bf4a3b258a44dab7f9c764ebd5036b6c9909295c12bd004455bc4f