Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fedd0846acd286fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:05:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2d717cd261f09ef5b98f24b1fe8802aa SHA-1: 47d63265b4a27bc4edaa4e3c602d044e6fc3721a SHA-256: fedd0846acd286fdaa8ce553e1eac27c8d3389e525cc7b3e59aef86bbf987b0f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting domains. These links likely serve to distribute malware or facilitate phishing attacks, aligning with the characteristics of a malicious PDF document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dsm+5+somatic+symptom+and+related+disorders
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1nd9kelqlltmlp4fl0kukks2p4/xoninemi.pdf
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/69998041377.pdf
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a301f9d749c72ab88b9ac8c71b422107/97557691074.pdf
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608340df3c020---33974975469.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c594a2143cb03c41fa2b1a9d86db2da/kazakavovar.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857239bc53d---46269237985.pdf
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/is7g2mgej7tfdcl2vdnlpp218o/benalukededo.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609631799ca2b---32816078985.pdf
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvatodolapamuna.pdf
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/kezibaberunolil.pdf
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607feb54751cb---katutun.pdf
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/59088591926.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ade02b9e3---58664243525.pdf
    • http://caryhigh1987.com/clients/41333/File/votak.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f241716c9b---xakorus.pdf
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/refesosesubu.pdf
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b4cab97d0---wegalubawixubeteninagofo.pdf
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a43fe2888f---vugifitenigowavew.pdf
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/65641505939.pdf
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607016792d9b1---56741924650.pdf
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718d8e63a46---28615536020.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b24059db92b3b9caef2204fe38407ea1/93426618944.pdf
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/wuradaxejegabu.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074219cb122a---91486941091.pdf
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/jaziz.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bdd0.bin
4f72f386b6eae7a99eeab0f097e1768f21863ca11f548af0278fafb688b36b81
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDD0 10924 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d72f.bin
74268429aaac8150ce0eefe814a96b3807c684943aa74c48bc3236d4b7123c37
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72F 15372 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe4a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE4A 16792 bytes