Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2346b2a5b7730315…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:35:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: c04a752835332694012e4d03624ceba4 SHA-1: 2da5bafc1a783d358f4230f2e13cc986f2a2ea7f SHA-256: 2346b2a5b77303159fb2b06d12755e42135e9c55943bb8c1625ff9906f8e5de3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous links to potentially malicious PDF files suggests an attempt to lure users into downloading further malware, likely through a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/koxolobelegijodidikanedig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b01749580---fekiditisudugajasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaymccarthy.com/immagini/file/budirivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/11339871766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aahsclassof1978.com/clients/b/b6/b6117739535924054831d33ecd54b00a/File/lulinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e33b3a9b431cd14231e8374492125107/30711463811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63ed5b493e459b1fa6e6b668aa936844/8671476858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagtteam.com/userfiles/Files/rilanakuxamonexakatekaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fea24a3847---zipelaviramil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismofattorialucciano.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamiranuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.pl/new/userfiles/file/14102738050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/pojevexurite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denkobarbell.com/_upload/files/xefupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop/contents/nuragaridekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b18e6697cc---2907079504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/rafokepibok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee2bfd83d8c---20071212234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/35639110252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29d06506f8a3cc7bc7697bc35e717c6c/21795277573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/buzuzururuneteseduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608924d94d64e---vuvefapegowevureforu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/54512446390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5acf4c6e0f---dobizetakuxodivunuwawibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722bf10845d---59855146058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f1aae4d7fb0457201e1d73efe0c172d/sikusexerigemirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14c38d709e---93574723735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/13051207499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cia+world+factbook+2017+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e59d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE59D 16984 bytes
SHA-256: f8d43f230465f134da0834e78ff72ba7969c6811305ab20a67b2e8c271403cb3
font_01_sfnt_off00011192.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11192 11004 bytes
SHA-256: b9bdd2e04fa6faa8f01b2e4a373551e7fe666243c29dd0c9b3e9662844a19622
font_02_sfnt_off00012b37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1