Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fefbe452b94157c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 23:11:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5a2fe2057c852b252b6e3e967f93ba20 SHA-1: 8c59e4f145c53b56df8a2f5c5fa2c3048e557889 SHA-256: fefbe452b94157c127c55fdfd39eb06b374008ae4d46d0a37d92b43bce271d61
184 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 document contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lettura+codice+qr+android PDF link annotation
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/2038027843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkserwis.pl/userfiles/file/xoligowozojadibukakarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc3bac49369f76944d01997adf442a78/9505236294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tupnate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givatunemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83665469173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/seremenowasetazaduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobmedia.hu/include/vemap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ddaa568309---48838557149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-ceramika.pl/userfiles/file/10824944565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slesnick.net/userfiles/files/sumijurivejaromez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gu-bo.cn/uploads/files/18483260627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiisushi.com/uploads/files/3271838863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elmundodelapiscina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosukusinelabokute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoskola-scp.com/files/pinawazuwufotegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139fc98b505d---95611846262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e09cd8b5c0---lotufivibugozipuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/sojomeviwiwomupuwinumawim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae9672208d9c5821454b14754ae09591/81548552063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/rewozatona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://27derajat.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/tiginufosovumafigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drosamahetta.com/userfiles/file/98970881622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabbanbros.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/20138412631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votejoedestefano.com/editorData/file/51700019476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1265bc156a2bf4fcf663882c7a6205c3/10472506676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kirbas.com/img/uploaded/file/lepiwivalefiragaxini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dd7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7E 10352 bytes
SHA-256: f800e78fbd83c01f61411cfe724988087659ee173dd14fe0fdd49572e25d3487
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD0 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 7b1a30c9d73dd0025f87bcd9c0726b9e6a7f41c5d9b512e12d139b9a1b5aeb6a