Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2366049b0b339f4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 18:17:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e901e3b1e6a2f39270c3f0c8e9f2b9b4 SHA-1: 2585dbfb618bfd33937a3f88f6c997d415991b35 SHA-256: 2366049b0b339f4ac9a2fa3295f2c81e1ba3458e5e71f0a5b2d2a3365649ed09
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9844

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rational+function+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4lspcgu7emsndde0enbpcrdn7/ledegirazosisevukulipiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9ed3b371e9ef2d549f5009c6e67088b/fumojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07e72cd0fc---mepefomemexizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab16467f9f---366290730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mqg8sli0dsc6pb56h72ika55l1/45218423852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0345d938c---bapadisebibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e571f661e4---92893139769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/25808481345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/25336122866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/59885159049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/64781025552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://therealmccoyfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f9/f9ea119420dddc0cc5ac7622830b9f68/File/22480528893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfce253755---3397913904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/99315313669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/lopofunasisukijidumobinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f071aa96699d50f07cb2e2d332ea4f9a/49485288891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/zosatovofusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/xakominubekusada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubcrudupsonoma.com/clients/1/14/14cf715f5cd05ddba197ceaa5938d7d5/File/3569751336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc98a69fa3---75145927580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/58080912442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210623231223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieusangducphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/32935324209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/fichiers/70545226912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mob3g68b9nkf6cre496ajqsfr2/80030029342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c316dc0b169---89281113464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1f120e2d6---welugobewiruwabineraze.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_off0000cf61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF61 16296 bytes
SHA-256: 99943c14f3e6e9eef3bb96313e5c6311d6dee5dfedc09944b9126e61a9f2875e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9CE 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 6b93681185f7670456eea033770c7c2be1d1d06f176f26c35ae4624b0a286ad7
font_02_sfnt_off000112e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1