Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fed1688c7be7e664…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:01:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 98452af11466e99aa02c4bd4fe58e1c6 SHA-1: bb8ab4c319222d16f0471490875079769363aa31 SHA-256: fed1688c7be7e6644f8353bada805377f7bed192f933441b617ecae95b02253a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size, image-heavy content, and embedded links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://grandiosieventinuziali.it/filesUploads/file/31246177306.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ae2c134274cbdd26382e3a8ea36fda3/fuvotumebodosuzolat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbirozskepodzamci.cz/userfiles/busov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/paxazatexugujalalus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slezanie.eu/userfiles/file/jaxivazizedolozaxevun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302ee01a4f4---92441801558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf2f623843---watumesipexotubovidobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/tikuzasikufabajulikazale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/buwufokewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d2158a757---nuwenuridaxuvune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/35432523477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ee40a95ec---73618944613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61718765793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clainvest.pl/userfiles/file/25330167846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/68874765551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polymadeniyaglar.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/64702308368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tatsolarlight.com/uploads/files/44787993119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/85316297284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69367136446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a654607c30c24bb17f7f537f98946f21/72115251844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21769590817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/39974221613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=papers+please+download+androidPDF 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_off0000aefa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEFA 14108 bytes
SHA-256: 30fd84f562bc8deeb100cdc9464c82668406173df4ed0a6280504952b92ba147
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1F4 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 06e9e5f137ade3587a67c3af09a5de1e72972812f27106e25971a7f931adad7b
font_02_sfnt_off0000e985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE985 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1