Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 211faf2f47fe5344…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-27 17:15:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 4c54f1b3ac2dcf73416abfd249f36418 SHA-1: 866d679e62b11f22f9bbce12ba5aa1302242cfe0 SHA-256: 211faf2f47fe5344a39d7b9358b182272ef4ff1a997b49917a743fc6b24a6b98
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 websites and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or phishing content. The presence of multiple links on compromised WordPress installations suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f536068436f---21477288603.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hkacca.com/userfiles/74018978691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jirudakukirezikesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990bb2bb8b2---52191449311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transit-connection.com/userfiles/files/28449357307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/87207769763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/84940791969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae00187743d---jebidawevagokepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jilf2b90kbh5pq6fgbg2alihri/pogujojova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://living-stone.lu/userfiles/files/44572532475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/makawivonevililefovexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c5d86f3b1---rojumoxepagikajamulifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksuskalology.com/images/file/47158421918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3c6a66d81b---jebeladutefimejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b92401b113---38792098055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcqj2d88hr0ljeb8lfdp316eqf/xukivikefitawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967ce9026ce---nolifosesej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/joxidiperumeruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/73476022845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39e8a03437---nuworomomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/62301693425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/piwubutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/49760219155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d8379e56c950f24afb987073e0a3e0/vovuxulexoraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/kadugavovuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+reset+the+tpms+on+a+saturn+auraPDF 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_off0000e0e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E5 10808 bytes
SHA-256: f242202ea774c48801a301900019c65b122d7d6d59ef5849287c253e9c98d779
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000111c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C2 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 27e904042252b4b0d822688f5bbf63de1595cc94097a5f410f211c950297bb57