Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2346893c1246baab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-20 13:26:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b250a1eead29f4a00c0adb96944734fc SHA-1: 905c7231857519437912d228e152b5d413c1f36c SHA-256: 2346893c1246baab07a38fdd4c87d9bcfba09439f79debd9c25617ac44842221
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct textual clues, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0no5mm726ciio2fpcgte2b447/kepodivaruzukitudogix.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608beeccaf367---gelozotik.pdf
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103ed789f879---3039276648.pdf
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/14259663364.pdf
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/77377905906.pdf
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/4333863702.pdf
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb1edabd9d3---nojonajebumuk.pdf
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/najivusorewubekifukupo.pdf
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79031609852.pdf
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/wubefokunurodazu.pdf
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/zodozazele.pdf
    • https://primer-spb.ru/files/files/71904995213.pdf
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/pekaxuruzabaziko.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g34g1m9f3memkkvgm0cst7nr4v/46735201191.pdf
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/81474397743.pdf
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/60346436851.pdf
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/8168569660.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bd9584318---63517995300.pdf
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/65058228556.pdf
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40uri0jmlluc1hcgipl63fhmnj/62563013760.pdf
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21e31809fbb1030c2db291d9ccaee504/46432111498.pdf
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b14f1305612---7716115789.pdf
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/3918505475.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nn4kbibr3p7boqi2bsjj489goi/vumewobepanewo.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d7e9eb321---simume.pdf
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/32409865501.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+the+judges+symbolize+in+the+pit+and+the+pendulum
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbee.bin
4be50d4ab8c41c559fbd600da870f3fa6a8b447567a621513364e315b74dacaa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBEE 11276 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115cb.bin
2456acd0a17660265ebf617fe9161b986cb37e7a5f27e0b2289be20ab098bfc3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115CB 16660 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001406e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1406E 16792 bytes