Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fedecfe1f297455f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 14:21:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5d139d3eb34b22aba253649af71feed6 SHA-1: d78d724c8b791e68dfc67b9d6ed3c11aea6782df SHA-256: fedecfe1f297455f418e129b015d05a5e03127b0f0d99460ae45aad6528aea52
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/58189898641.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jirmpedo0gj1v1ak8iits4i2t/40992573057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhinflatable.com/upload/file/9248204416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b295c54d7---lutuwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bumcn40s6cq8823na5busmefq3/tuwomakefatuximedugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/85609169401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app8itebarandgrill.com/admin/images/file/21605843213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverlabpupsforsale.com/userfiles/files/11455430970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/bipotuzedovajupakuseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bde02486ab83f3a4f8f0a78e3badcb19/givobegepaxategapob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamma-electronics-eg.com/userfiles/files/nafukavaravaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/pesofinasegoladunilaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9311eb021080918530e067a09a8f1d5a/36856143826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aeea1ca4f---kalapodafadokukadurajales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be499f1389f---55007607436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9af70327a---19174688066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feee60a3db9c39dcd2dc269810cc1baf/paveborit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5fe27f1656---zupijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5f4e2459bb17c0d0cbd6424aad0cc4d/24747375805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0844b1e806---redajulitibedenexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/96532966320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/nenukalowizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/11147985744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/98737252253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=find+domain+of+cube+root+functionPDF 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_off0000c3d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3D3 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 730cba913fdc06806099409c03e539b695bb973d7fbe2d26158696abddf15426
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC1C 16232 bytes
SHA-256: 4b931e270d2087ecd1b650052c9ce4d5b2bca95341c264d79515b3c756849e2e
font_02_sfnt_off0001069c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1