Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fec090240a160ece…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:55:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 18dd9c3a7ca8081b6393af9b414cfbde SHA-1: 6ae58523e066e436344b4db4e346aafef8e55f7e SHA-256: fec090240a160ecec43d40d9c60a47a4cd0cf829d57fbecd5201413a5062be7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious actions or redirect users. The presence of numerous links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, identified as a link farm, further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or delivering a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35558482234.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/xetodegizamipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12912a7e7a5980ffb3a685334c1cf73f/85868114383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/93168752714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihdbd.org/upload/files/29852462280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/24321440869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be1aaa9384a---fupofita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-catamarans.de/res/wysiwyg/file/vejuzuzozeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785b6cca9c3---midav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/donepugokuveromizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents//files/98284125226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prplus4u.com/ckupload/files/89641474480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5e813e230b4fe145dd4203f12366791/daruvobeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghr.ca/upload/ckfinder/files/82394856429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labizijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fd1b93570---55460160570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22622326526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nonstopsushi.com/uploads/files/vonarelojanajanuvobubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609588a1d95a3---49594877703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55886414329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riminabda.sk/userfiles/file/57986876500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09feb9893a---nejuximuvuzulekubejope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcleod-bobbitt.com/clients/64742/File/62876630303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798b053f856---13927781715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/sivezalupoxebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=similarities+between+formative+and+summative+evaluation+pdfPDF 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_off0000d9b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CD 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 84aab1e0673db4d73db13e37faa01e8f26f4f942a203646d42122b9ce79c7f00
font_02_sfnt_off00010b8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8A 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 0c08e6af949eeb63418f85c6a2db3f1a72684529325e827323075e3025304e7e