Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2482f10b9d16d915…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-08-01 02:52:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 77d683b84f73faa4a755a1c1ca8569ce SHA-1: 775ed009b0ac7a7607ab23846f9dc19d421d0d22 SHA-256: 2482f10b9d16d915b6ca1c6a35332918ba8d818b63aa77c4b3d3272ec7b4a125
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing campaign aiming to lure victims through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+el+conjuro+2+pel%C3%ADcula+completa+en+espa%C3%B1ol+latino+mega PDF link annotation
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/noxupoxegelofibojaxuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901fc9d78ea---robuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2587f3f95---fizekibewuwikuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/goxezerepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766b477bb2f---94243902496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamicyunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4666941347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nickelmarket.co.za/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekupafenev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgeandmaryjones.com/clients/f/ff/ff66b05efb8f16ea353d8e6908bb1429/File/manisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc2efcb9587---puzewese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/44005074791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/delowizogerupesulixisujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7c56c159e---sunamixixefubime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/19185622718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/52199817755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887d023340b---36022975341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d948c54c829---muzuraliris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afdc589bfd---miger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a07329baf---89298713502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bb7f77055---tekajerase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fafb018198c---tofewijinelepadifowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/68733472380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/tusofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/vesijiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5082f8dc66---60037065125.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC75F 11336 bytes
SHA-256: b45bfd23b24bffadeef1abb521b410b51aaca6236528fbe0d1039bf10cfec129
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1CF 2768 bytes
SHA-256: 7850ed092e6640443b177d056ab63dc35648bf5e889f3add37aced28b6fd8a30
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED48 16964 bytes
SHA-256: d650e17ba676732018aa68f3be70909bb7b71e2414c8cce1f060eeca5c93b095
font_03_sfnt_off00011887.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11887 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1