Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2252d02569a5550f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:03:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0bc4d754375500c6f0605886bd10efd6 SHA-1: 6d948477ac4de083d2f4d5444d48788b2590cb12 SHA-256: 2252d02569a5550f1600a57077bb70294a1384f93a47eba994159dfcdb725c90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of external URIs and the 'SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic confirm this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://transilvaniafishing.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/68679714241.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://playoz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bititojedukevowitaluxuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alatasfilms.gr/ILC/img/file/xazozenamovetemipeses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getulano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kusuvukaregevosizomabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epicridesnepal.com/files/nogimajokalowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85118067734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/rutulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandvloeren.nl/fckimages/fofipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/43124282384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/214b1058ff9d7d2d39ce37643f3231f2/vetufusaleliladosimubuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenfield-sustainability.com/images/files/jemelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b292d8a2ce---86302649424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinemann-ag.ru/raronagowiker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhy-th.com/image/upload/files/lejodasanenifapaxazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/lerezejonujivuxubigejoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ami6qq1sc74op8qgkvggsdr973/7553917416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/66725629532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis-samara.ru/img/file/sijulid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/feduvidofafapexepamunarid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362e65ea36f---moxuxefunufovelagoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=application+android+gratuite+pour+adultePDF 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_off0000d762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD762 18484 bytes
SHA-256: fcfb731430c10f06811b5b98390500e2da58542b49bde2b8383da934c701d884
font_01_sfnt_off0001075f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F76 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 4917932bba887f60fdc565f8f9690c5157c936be1a5ebc0265d542da13718c4a

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