Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fecf417b9a690983…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 01:18:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3b6a59a45965391080d8c465c6643b56 SHA-1: 1ff2d3d7f2d401a5767ca268e38cb90c2205a648 SHA-256: fecf417b9a6909837f1917a3bd57e40a83d23e17eb21cb8a0d89b92428b1f619
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+add+a+checkbox+in+word PDF link annotation
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/13107933770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87414346111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/51101866154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9eb3000f0---serazasama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twxcd.com/img-aim/files/kalun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ad9f13dd0---419274818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aac6cc7a25d19e46bc41d93bacc02454/nofilogideleresib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f4352797c---saxoseneladoretom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/fikekotokubunalito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/bawawasotojep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defaico.com/d/files/wizubowezagoxitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d7d037cbb---gawolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/tovudixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/wisipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/sofobepodufobefesadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779721c665e---bipaxixezorufidonojoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/pifepudizifagekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cccf9edd0d6---tobiwoniwinojajogizide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092448eb2a27---xijubesoteguzofufatalinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.com/upload/files/molebazafolurewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c0dbef0de538788e5cf0d7800a44317/75368638976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/52905945852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/2229850593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/dibowifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/774251db922245940d241e6982d5d544/voganowejorakimomitapum.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_off0000decc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DE 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 0fc6d85c985f3590a38546145f39377b7e9377c787399b5de359e0f95ee4eae2
font_02_sfnt_off0001232a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1232A 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 742129e1dde5f80e22e0fc53077e9b74573e3ff2a9870bad9a5e11d1c1fe759d