Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2126ce856b200d81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:56:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d974dc4b92cf4ca4347a8abaa9e34d8b SHA-1: c0a0d3988e17177ce567da079c4e4a8a1971599f SHA-256: 2126ce856b200d8197cefacaa195e2d1078cfde09b438da84142738243fb6989
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classification and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as landing pages for malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to trick users into clicking these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=evergreen+social+science+class+9+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ii92slr0ge6m5jnari1h5u1arm/kokepebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/97507732899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126c03d7e987---47064732269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/94021408316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f080a398d4ca6310a365fc4fa4d114ec/bexukuwavodefinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/26786389723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e3a37c9b3---17709131033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/459o3gost44ct4658dhobkn0d2/gipijixeburaborolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64bc89977232025b2459769a27cd922f/57994330673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungotodungha.com/img/files/magiziwewufotegefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/37664496583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecbc3860f15a8e5b909347e02d41e01a/sakodetumufujebojanoloxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chuyennhakienvangvn.net/upload/files/kodegisopupolesiwezinigef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f96dd51d62735a98a4d2bebae931e047/tivevizukizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff812979665---tuvotosifapuwunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/liwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpshardorawal.com/hemkunt/userfiles/file/juxawovudugizedumejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/futttdq1v4bv7onthulqn94p16/bivojagazavepozekobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photopuzzle.net/userData/board/file/14987933167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xetadedib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/17832756367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/55378538099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/lomiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b625c9115c---61229898994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/789847ed37b4ef4a6f251ff41ca00018/zovutagoraxebutetafuxavo.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_off0000db1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF332 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 6d38e580db1391fdd16e2af40c1cc0f96c770397d4745ec384814f31662360a1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB5 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8c143f03f424a8cc60faa140000a53d79acfa43a8dc92ce1dce04c81f64d2d