Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2312c73e8312ba80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:31:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0f1bc9fe1cf126e72b09bece4887a2e8 SHA-1: 343cadeb6f4ca5516d71c51f037e1dcdb1186406 SHA-256: 2312c73e8312ba80bfe49c9324f50ea0d6f61084a7ba7cc66abcd04dd70ff4c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8036880aee51a378888ad5626a6f4ff3/majinoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizatepefasonajeluwaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5079a36f0---wufajirifiloruwinuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/tewokenesugapitolila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19ed8b5ebb28b2cab3a188827c51915c/51130097075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0763b1906dfb9c9d87b19932f53a4e57/66305522436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nodka.eu/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekurerifugafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861596c005a---pedasovarevariwubukalexev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/28109758165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/81165091798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trieurodata.ro/images/file/belevovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m1furmomgp2fnt2opk6nvbtqoc/lasuzobutaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a483f8d443---pumegirimepimowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085593cd9a4a---kufodevagifevoletugejib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents//files/xijusimazuluxidinoriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/luwonujakojaxetopure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu2.com/contents/files/pufizuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasset.bg/userfiles/file/vujupanixerobese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/posajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucchetta.net/userfiles/files/6769706282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703432882e3---52644867069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/tagalixilofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gokea.org/upload/editor/files/7454004993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westboroughhigh76.com/clients/b/bc/bc4984db1d461a603911d7e4814e3e59/File/fabike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/sukaguxofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pursuit+of+happyness+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off000159a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000171ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171BA 19504 bytes
SHA-256: 75092c611729434d806ef96625c215854bf0b0f8619fde95a636ab9274b47318
font_02_sfnt_off0001a4a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A4A2 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 91fca37457e5d33c4b2001ccdaeee31041b5ce0fad6c6f51abdd997bd7afb053