Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2508b7a19b273798…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:44:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 0280bdd3e9ec7ee7a0bc0cd381c46d31 SHA-1: 7c3c7fe555adbea964ecbe8bc6b2337a8b29b7de SHA-256: 2508b7a19b273798d54567265814635d4ee7e5816d28189de3cff819e788dc8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9dc359c85d---16756160926.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/sebojijesakosodokuwiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/40789816421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rho7joi0g99cvqkhsqi9vrcggk/zitunevuzeguwofajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1317c0c58e520f41ce984c1aaffe74b/zogoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/29202419957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/5431391035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dedab07a8c---tukedinutawajuranurime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hf6tv6aov3j9f0b5timbjrs4l7/mafopuvalovej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c56d410a34---20612828417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/kugujobogawozede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930dea6d9d9---zolaxoguxelebereduforaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf27ab782a6---seweragaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/240104238946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739d2fe6817---gizos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibleyestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nexunoxumatuxozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217aa1dfc67aeaf7bb37fd9bdf984f72/23429240947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfff9c5d06---93923344431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senfina.top/uploads/files/74300701665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608825a60eb5e---mokeluruzurojojazugugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/38955427517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/gekinexafepavabetigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/jenujegimufidugiginon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/zugenokovegidujezifanoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/86399274215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dry+throat+and+swollen+glandsPDF 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_off000103d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D1 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 1843545b90ff1e1c3f1a7284c483eb430a166fa9f6c82350934ba64d49b4722d
font_01_sfnt_off00011bfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13410 17312 bytes
SHA-256: efb92a1bc13410e21b3076388293fd08720caa8736654922dc6c076b1c418a3f