Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2075b9d5f620d679…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-07-30 23:49:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 3f1cd3252f8f20b7e54526349110b759 SHA-1: 1ccc641651520c0b35775b88f85108989285779f SHA-256: 2075b9d5f620d67983a972eeb42f3b53acec5756ddf86dd0b099316b58b3ea6d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external resources, likely for phishing or malware delivery, as suggested by the 'link farm' and 'compromised CMS upload' heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=virtual+piano+tamil+songs+notes PDF link annotation
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824494256f4---87868190104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfhs1978reunion.com/clients/56625/File/nilamononomedejivutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nl64tv8jv69mv6p7sjstn6ruc9/sudumilori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45b93e3db1---53819462052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/dibuzafokurevufadipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/jovojato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/lemedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/voxuforowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c86a436e10e6193f2378a9a2d3ec990b/89020047914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/23798291251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/sevuwovuvonukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e45ee0e62b7---35815219020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcitalianwine.com/file/kezobodaxazewemesazedun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/xogolibelijopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba79bf32cef---33066403308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ada8519f13---kavafogidemolinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/relomubivatowedugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/20837316765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0335151a36b5dd2cbadab5a0b7423d0/43498024459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/96671476952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kinoteatr.ru/sadm_files/79444393553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/sexerafirubebevugas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58899679335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/81641769044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg4o42jn615lkj14jbdarm0k1j/23069344872.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_off0000c6d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6D5 16396 bytes
SHA-256: d787bb128dc86451988a55828dd1cea897f21647e7eb40a480bb92b2ed7a3bf0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF180 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10997 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 4d418abb0c5375c064962a7daac1ae46fd94fee567259da5e586b6209d371e33