Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 255ad2ab9207c0b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:52:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 202df5edbb57d2b7512d3a6acc098e72 SHA-1: 391affb208aec5c8198a126bffbef4b1aeae6d77 SHA-256: 255ad2ab9207c0b56354094deef2edd29fa3da707917715f1f7161742f6d3ca7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the link farm nature and compromised hosting are strong indicators of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/27411146265.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/pofubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b910af077b10a7e994fca684269ab9/wozafarase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b65d92459ad---vawekemasede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631fc595be876689b14ae35a35cfc54f/77316778668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/noloki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba33c4b083e---bukalanabobofugoromaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/721165a5bf73895baad946bf2c809623/vovitematinanudanifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/wareravunoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b7u5v8d02r1v8f6g0ava8re5k/popopemilateluvuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/25992862810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starbox.fr/img/files/ganilisawowanimowemafaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/429612188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cf856eca1---70796960706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da935d3a54e195028b25f3c1dd0cbaac/66339392218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/17307643805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/84340974912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608689f46496d---libakejunevaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/kotavoriwepeberumere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/borunuxezezojatilojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q0irjsda83dlqcosiokbcev0n/jariba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manajrgvaaradhi.com/cms-uploads/files/28597883246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/63420889080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=libro+compendio+de+didactica+general+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_off000108ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FF 21180 bytes
SHA-256: bbc23b6e8cd139acb33acaa5f0c2c295c2e8f7e3873bb1a88b6802db0ba4c802
font_01_sfnt_off00013f0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F0B 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 6f6038decdc296029b0e1d45625f9ae9dd96473aca364350ae7692cb9fa37994
font_02_sfnt_off000157c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1