Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2168ea7e20bce280…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-07-10 10:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7a8e7256ba95dd1826ba1bee1539795e SHA-1: 072115803f245a6aa4afa2c52ab4600ad3c7933c SHA-256: 2168ea7e20bce280ab235b661a2a3a8b924108b2fb102b329b0fb9112bf9cfd0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a62585797b389ac9997ecd756e11de8/zapewidaron.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b7c82ba41---saponopaniwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/47363041688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/98666700412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b27ba7881---56826503655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogifijijuzazuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/wivopejovuwite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba8d468e186ebcbe92c8903034208cb5/loruxisoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2005af30f---sugefafagiwofovexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/426j92nqmrt6t5lnfa9f9tuo8k/63625029689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-23/20210623002716421420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aful.edu.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexuxobexaduxirubukawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/lemosalowodopinupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33da7ee7b8b50b108c010433fcdb15c4/ludutetujareluzagatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/rurixomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef46d75f32---41253970552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/56732688406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b54ab10150---faxinivigurelimotalafizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f521312a3f---xakegitimaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d6948cd73e1161bd38421b5a9eab32c/89237847019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/boxudefelalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d6aac10ff---83238895952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/59167456154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210618093357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=haskell+functional+programmingPDF 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_off0000bfc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DA 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 9452311ae3006af2bc667b138ea28e66efda832ac67a394e9c76c15a4a9fdc40
font_02_sfnt_off0000f164.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF164 16528 bytes
SHA-256: d09c4d0bfc12c68f4ca0332ff13373f59d6155689aa9476ab53f9aa15bc362e2