Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 022605181a1cee44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:09:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: df3c30ff63a0c94b150ec02acfcb064a SHA-1: dec1a9fd6ebc32dbf64a560023cd6e5ecb6a94ae SHA-256: 022605181a1cee4463e3aca78a4c862a7173ba78c62818c4d05bf08bcef18477
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates these links are on disposable hosting, further supporting a malicious intent to obscure the final destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608684ce223f4---boporedamoduzo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://toromecanicorodeo.com/files/wokopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ca3eda684---47074982454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12013804837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb2af44d3f---lotuzurizadakikiwete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906efd5f48e---pedogikiresap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081da9671c1c---73368783750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pk08jp6am5eeca29lpdu71pva2/dimelexojufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21a762c32d---degazisivejogiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/38046263199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42c1dc4cc17d6c201ccfb06256cea947/48558916589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cba7c2b0c---98712657780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825b8f32b94---97501315904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/mitadigitizevuxoliwemujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/kolarizasikobuzeman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607694b0d37c0---juwagexetezakafaloguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca2b5a74ee---masizenotuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87861064c6f96e13d7431a9502d6e71c/pogokokutesadufebolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4a6d32b8a---68279357609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/95748481870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mathepower.com/en/vertexform.phpIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emathhelp.net/calculators/algebra-2/parabIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=find+the+vertex+of+the+parabola+calculatorPDF 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_off0000e6dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DD 10936 bytes
SHA-256: b9cf4ef1af34acc13fabf8fc8bcc7baf0ebf8936e6e6a7f96de1f84a0b56b602
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117F3 18680 bytes
SHA-256: 089fb6e0a348ee1bf253f7763e7029f48bbce24c5ab1e1265c611cd10a371e32