Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2228e1a461e7df2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:02:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c4a297af4be0d8ba39ce91f5f3200541 SHA-1: a917e839e6f99e1600b0f64cd0100b8c0bca4230 SHA-256: 2228e1a461e7df2c40e9e6cc861d5a512d3da506dd8ef5644d895302ccf5e41c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains hosting further PDF files. This suggests a multi-stage attack, likely for phishing or malware distribution, where the initial PDF serves as a lure to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5367jmr8ufiqa13oj3lnilge86/dikapukafop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sangtaoad.com/uploads/userfiles/file/77794762244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab7efe964a99f0fec887c5d138c79e0d/12260528134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/zejebowodolape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jyapa.com/jhuoyue/uploadfiles/wevikuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ead68a2a30---11308106126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/muzizazizelivafonakaloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a00a61798---73419827897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/vigajiboxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/zavipuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingdiy.cc/uploadfiles/files/20210605_010503_7104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents/files/59099908989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietwin.com/luutru/files/62015598826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hcu4j3vmd8st95hhevj2t7sjs/texexofatabisegifunekani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e758eaf22---tababagutikudulezizedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/76678984205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c73f701ddf---lidezuxetaboxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdvv8brcjnb8gv14sl30ieui86/46161838691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c431731ec63689bdf622f5224d39f94/jatuwuxowivamemasafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806c61b9ea6---53050529956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66872837e9---moligufokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabtur.ru/upload/files/sisefonemubiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b5f972a511c---11025121151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f58ca08e69---boxenepitaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/pepuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=adjetivos+regulares+e+irregulares+en+ingles+pdfPDF 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_off0000d523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD523 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED3A 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 26e95e06c8dac105cacc8e4911c802e70d0f71d49fe660728f3ea4715f8aa3d9
font_02_sfnt_off00010684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10684 18496 bytes
SHA-256: beb0b3e01a4b0eb896707b68a4694367d064a894974831af1046346bc62e1e98