Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fef2bb22cd7c6f7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 22:21:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fe4bff703c2759e6cd42a8a40c5177e5 SHA-1: 6ec98140399fd7adb178de98f96b453907c0b58b SHA-256: fef2bb22cd7c6f7c3460bb4bfeb8c5b7557890e0f1e18616ce40aacf1a41e7ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm and a phishing/trojan, with a high ML score and ClamAV detection. The presence of a 'Download Now' lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into clicking links that likely lead to malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/fixikulopafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kovovyroba-nosniky.cz/UserFiles/File/38450897940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartaksedlec.cz/spartaksedlec/userfiles/file/5691487357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/wupikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78922889525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/16654506450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e907194331a45730c3ade2a8f14eb94b/belimijazolatib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangmailogistics.com/asset/site/files/90766039707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/potumavadabovetawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galarezejukalidipalawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c444155200---86665158909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/sagorovewisijosabiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d25883698a5db5e96043798f9e5481cd/lixipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/naxuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drcleancenter.com/uploads/files/202109221822233353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b46ca97c96---99319517495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614232efb81df---57761211511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggievanostrand.com/uploads/media/file/89255573738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uroci-kursove.com/userfiles/file/vojiwuvumaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/53405630804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikludava.lt/images/files/34562008798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/74084380459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91009898519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/bemuxemeluvugixorunasixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qualityspices.in/ckuploads/files/31452736396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161412cd8eb4be---juloxiwejitagimuvelimino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a14eda443c---19932494559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=alien+shooter+free+apkPDF 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_off0000c835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC835 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e04c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE04C 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 63381f9c4ce770ddae01dd2a7fdc6ae2540b3be3d74664670a301385808278a5
font_02_sfnt_off0000f83f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83F 17140 bytes
SHA-256: c10a1b7eb56b867c86b9241a2f13e03d2c6fca7a1c221b970e5da1948bd60278