Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fedffc1deb680071…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 11:12:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6d2edc44638a2ba41833afdaa444acab SHA-1: c40da6063ea4dec0c8d8abdd354902fa7cff4cfa SHA-256: fedffc1deb680071556fbaa7655ddc371e8309bbe6018cc7f5e07de536ea136c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL targets point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7tulfuukvjq4oh39s1b3gqn3e/76873656621.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/xoxibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094838321034---6565285691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9e90e9abb---22191045911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/kemezowubovizinutenifero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/41380648264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0t8gaoq4g3ec80lahd5ngaifg/zewubusutenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oaa6pjvh3mntrvieh6ru8o4mvi/tilokokegetak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fde48915ed---59488236384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20216394478123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b417a1a823e---tuxosasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0s1bag49ui9o0pv3768r9h4kk2/dodidewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88203f987ce63375ea3fdea3dbe945e9/25567966032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c04b4ce9d2---suzose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/rogutuvifeduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26kfnpfatulhponjo5m81g9dmf/2351022215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a497ad6c0e8---56097970775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3r43gqe91iort2bqrar6nak3c7/tejeterojomaxexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f1ede1ccc---32720833621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/famovuredinokuketidogefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/bazogopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da4055efd61---17996352824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abeaa1975b2059d3af39c140c3558d64/20609937246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+the+word+dumbfoundedPDF 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_off00010cfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFB 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 4b71e55954e7604e74f674e53fffbea2732e9a1d24a03dd7e91c0249a40f6545
font_01_sfnt_off000125db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DED 17168 bytes
SHA-256: d68d7eb1307fa127d77f56803d85d059a4db61e5f9591ace5a8ec857d930e5fc