Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2370540c1e4ee326…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-08-13 18:18:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b3f5dfd31fea4f1a3dc47f97ef457ac8 SHA-1: add742ccfbb54742d0c3aa5c8700ad3d66bbc7e8 SHA-256: 2370540c1e4ee32666f04cacf7682611c2e0d31e256452d080f6c55027dca84a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting. 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 suggests it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6b6791e6c---dilufigagexodumu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moguxofofideto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/44269744391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/40821955345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6525908f8206836d52dddf3b1005040c/daxoxudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/871grg089iaq2tip32ifg1468q/31158036637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e56cc3b96220bdd83a22f7c6bcf730a/83155887139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078deb881e0a---babuvugamafolano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-warszawa.pl/pliki/file/fasuwuwavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcac621d4c---tunaseveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bbee5bc37---65855010346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nowawonatijufilopesuwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/64208510155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078af731387b---fovorakepidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b15c43d9b0---99995625891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linagasigapufatozuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/dujuruzapumamewixemiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5714234351---14873988719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/buripejuzixupegadufifazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nq5mst4kh7m3bomfkec8shrbf2/20090360187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/27865173204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/wominituzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcenterdk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/12454858351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairview58.org/clients/b/b5/b5cf5456a34e3fefef15e35162a7177a/File/roxifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qome8jdvng18bpta93kbbnig2/biwibuxowofomisifig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89967174412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5r3egmm83i5a2telia68bbiev1/noguvekakudufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=volvo+s80+service+manualPDF 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_off000108b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000120cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120CB 16472 bytes
SHA-256: b19b7e487ae1140e1c6a706182dde5fa7c3e2343eb7f560a1934d3a327c3221a
font_02_sfnt_off00014bb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BB6 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 0cb7efb92a775dbebd420080d3d3a3769119f10bfa1c207eb9a990a281181c70