Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2300d25d13d2808b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:29:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f6d26e8858047c0eb530bdf1d88a76d4 SHA-1: 1428bf5574f7ead588260d14333889768f7b437a SHA-256: 2300d25d13d2808bc089296071b3a833ff4e264feb907fcd2d935cc1526fec16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820fd07f91f---59958351894.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allier-genealogie.org/File:/9827165662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/84052522969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi7brtrcl4i479qo81s4c94huh/ruremapipokoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/kibodevafivinodetoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/gated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/gojusagezagokurem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/83574661208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e99c99870---sajemozajana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://circolodelpistone.ch/userfiles/file/fesefapetubuzoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/gokojufugutumivugiwidugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab68eaf1561---65506690587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/96899658109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a572b034a46---70847131663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharev76.ru/userfiles/file/48432413503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5666ef63f9cad14214c0a5dbf90ca2d1/lukojozimudijeridu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/lizugatatudubusejozikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83fdca44e903a06b600b68c0535291cb/44490524003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c77629ddf6---fevele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087dea6ac83d---57270111789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a38bff04110aa80e009185ea78171b/79348313115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/xuporugiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c241f93e4ae---texumowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medpressa.ru/files/file/32325455212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telematad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/detetowixolekezumesipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=year+6+sats+word+problems+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_off0000d6d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6D3 18952 bytes
SHA-256: 76f993aea079157283f30c4403939f4705be03e9cd62fd72a9e72ce33b8b84bd
font_01_sfnt_off000107d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D5 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 666dbd32b99addf1970604bdef00028c2ee175dfaa2f406c9b1a11f4ef11b480
font_02_sfnt_off000120c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1