Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2280debe0a913843…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:03:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3f54d721b5bc459e58b66cac38c8c92f SHA-1: b5609653bf3426a1d2e168d901467c2b8e1c3f25 SHA-256: 2280debe0a913843a93b38af4ae03522ea5f50335a117ea6d1f8ebdad2392780
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The 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 WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The primary URL, 'https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=economic+development+michael+todaro+stephen+smith+pdf', is likely used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=economic+development+michael+todaro+stephen+smith+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a5l42s3rkfrh5sfajs16b9lt2/letamupukofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607370c7ac213---71436163137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/dusivizopufoxemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranduongauto.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/jatatafokujakepulome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c341a6d9b6075fe22a8fa2a43ff05943/31873434506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/bugezewikegodise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/gokejixanigimokolunaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffbbf9c5d700abe6e8f1ff464b30e246/baxibefejexagejusumugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/bevokemolezabojejojogopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trouver-une-ssii.com/img/pics/files/pibevemetoxufajijadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9addd80c99---59294869765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsystem.sk/userfiles/files/juzugononoverowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/berupinurebevedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/61285796549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitaterimoreki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o036b6hsb9gkuanrp5mar1lrmb/fekubime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100ad62e934c---66320050843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/66807892818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c50decb3f17ddae75d96531fc4f58d45/92973494378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210430054157127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/44029529144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58220798268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010b68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001237f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237F 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 551a118d438d56f18cc8b30ea3c97e5a945a5892fafc4f778e7b20e8e33c7a45
font_02_sfnt_off00013c95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C95 18412 bytes
SHA-256: 713e57aa39a9b0ffac0424b268ae29a0c4131e94bbb21293035d97709bc7d412