Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 228017d624b9d470…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:30:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d6562ca7df079e8c36b02ea0a4255812 SHA-1: f955eb32817625c9a8fe003e01f0426875ff4986 SHA-256: 228017d624b9d470ca44a2498d1cb8840b780e8473cdc9b8e6acc154babc088b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links is the primary indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d279f2cbfb8108a49dd88ceff1808174/41505920542.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namasobitiranitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/95551302377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070046103401---72819038114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ded3ba9e5---89623656945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/34540925799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/60582354259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67561128749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098323045c19---73317643491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr8bpq6q1n1tp03ihmfj5t5qs7/poburaxetifinexuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/wipamasolapumazopufoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607508931838e---mimozugader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/76374755643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609839b77981a---xurepitidenelufawijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaduvadumanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/70358679585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3g413eo1hrempdl8og4cquh2h/sakimotix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pin9pphf63oku1np0imn5m59or/sugorezonapazojijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/farenosisamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7b8d1464d93d7d713e808220205152d/xipusasikume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/piromakalajisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7cf14a28e6542f5efcf893560e962fb/9043364711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f45f4b53c2---fobarabowegokozuzarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/70142015342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071463081ad3---xawuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=etrex+garmin+manualPDF 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_off0000fb92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB92 10348 bytes
SHA-256: b1367fae480039972eb5ccde8668527ebc2cb201ae8f2b8afcfd2c2f19b9bdb9
font_01_sfnt_off000112dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112DC 18784 bytes
SHA-256: 4f2d68d5176cfc03edc7afb29cd97190b0bed946e0779f1ae68db4ef1d3cd04e
font_02_sfnt_off00014306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14306 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1