Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2472aa8bfef99eb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-08-22 06:55:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9512b824f73220af017dab9f4209632f SHA-1: 77baa967dc78c781c0bf607b974330983eab9d6b SHA-256: 2472aa8bfef99eb5a527796b2084034ce3b2882fc2593af6dcb8f0552e5e0f21
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' highlight the nature of the hosted links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/9760444323.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sancheonglittletheaters.com/upload/userfiles/2021/07/files/210715112603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saleskerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56997398865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/zatukizomovir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7d828955ad---11531574729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0988784d6c19d47ff3d013b3b04aab49/79871149805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607835475ff66---runanigarodeweponeleziwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/fusageforodugeretularam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/66725516953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/78962605647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joeun-it.com/userData/board/file/xuruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slanfusa.org/clients/47225/File/6364065773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72478291839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85d0181366a9f7fbe5250a00d77cbf32/3337534946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/mosebokatel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papierplus.pl/userfiles/file/warimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fc2e4bb20---tinofijigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.naturartshop.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9907634d0---26281561889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22b28542ddba253946e8b71b90160008/23514595712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cacaaab44833131251e502619e0277c/zupurefafojemefete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/97838364244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f40f2ca613---87405543979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/99868573519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=bsc+1st+year+math+calculus+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000c545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC545 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 5c88a47f4168831347c14343e3eb31f2abd569a47e08bfa7ab277c8c4fdb8712
font_01_sfnt_off0000f172.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF172 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10989 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 6d8823b3e3db6d73433fe9a46e29ad51129a6fa1d1a93eb49ae25eb6748752ec