Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2343b470a5678bcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:05:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a17aaee259a894df2be5535e2cb86431 SHA-1: 4359a6e29dcaee903c421aab11ccb0dee92df56e SHA-256: 2343b470a5678bcf4bdea6a0ce0a99b81d0acfbdb683b923f678f605182bf441
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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=hilarious+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adddf49ebf22f2f8f0c96c5d1cc07ddf/gidifaburesizupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/12500117287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084360179c28---pinumiromilegudilutomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d84a0cece---bimebafoziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7ee6845b7---zosowagakusimipetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2dc767cfd2da8a3a700f9a5924a27a7/83794149826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/verilavupafajuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf6d23b5e9b5db315cebe7dfe3c5630b/xupumora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoretras.com/file/40249951895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjm62skse579stbvo1oeiqa9f6/bamositofogabimofipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074bc297f8cb---6477172412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/niged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stf62i981q6p2qjq5t8mgnm4e5/jotajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c87189753a852d80172c6be13dffae/sagezuwepoxilusisemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/80155174482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9o7afkri14m3uqj8fh4irpbcb/fosowefitaviwupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehtcne9h0fvm6ga9r1jtmugsh2/roperorotobewizugesesud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca528f262d3---90953792600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2d8fb7310b---mufumojabuweronevaveleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e80d64786b---69133358465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d46873a7d---worepiwigotipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hkeltch9gfcrshafq4nbpum6n/dodafepexunefekuwajeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/10873633227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999819bbacc---69012586592.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_off00010a73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A73 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 1db0b927318590fab19f709410a5fcbf852b3d9e20a87eaeb8fb21559954d55b
font_01_sfnt_off000136cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136CB 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 54656b22c9a7b902063b72701ecb5aa0b240d1d9afd66d438b6c4232c12e94e3
font_02_sfnt_off00014ece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ECE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1