Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2142fac06f992adf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:42:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3406e171fc421c9359aa1c2884857e85 SHA-1: 9fd1d5933903bbfdf0da5f11fab23b0d1baaeb44 SHA-256: 2142fac06f992adfa6602a8921fbd4827bacdac8a33f30547b06b1364c606e5e
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 contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or SEO manipulation attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44f8458af2---niwulirerubukufitofapi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://2ruoteexpo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davedapifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/84317846870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/kufesunuxavesopiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/226f9e86439ccf3013ddb87d775d7b69/7951261502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc0d97565a---kajagibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec41d97b76c---89303532891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/pofupebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db5p4oi8cgr69tuhq8cimfet63/37371285998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c4f7ff437d15d92c7da533a9899ad8/55026310415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/xijirezazafutaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/gadanoxenilofakuvivulusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f04b0e0edd---52170025655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82dc8d4bdaa3d251fd5d93153f9162b5/zimotuwivumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd2580424---51904971581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fae6170686---femuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/777102a2a6418a39ace61ae7675e9a70/medowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55033624376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adab75aa91d---71547460893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://federicozucchettiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/92195802791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/mijadid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081eec082fb1---gokexejarimudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c207de62fc1591ad125ea66af757dab/rutujomitunavusamawupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mides.vn/images/ckeditor/files/wopenojopudadines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+roots+of+cubic+polynomialPDF 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_off0000ff35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011747.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11747 18168 bytes
SHA-256: cf5f14e19fa1e473f8d133a1b1ea43303d836d0cfc718d9ab41ec51ec95d0c3f
font_02_sfnt_off000147c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147C7 11080 bytes
SHA-256: ed93ff7eaeb89b3d87847943bec7622ca16b5aa0065f2a7e632dfd052e097802