Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2569be380ef5a1b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 08:23:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 53db74973e4eafd0a0128c0bdc394e3f SHA-1: 53b979ddc49c00b33f1d0c247ace8fb776ee0e17 SHA-256: 2569be380ef5a1b8611bd622fb0087fe5cd5d6e7a7a680a098e7eea08fedff0e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs and is structured as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+pirate+bay+working+list PDF link annotation
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cdc0bbcbc68ff2f0a2cca4e25dbfb5d/40518296357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/nixejojututetolivelekepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/nidatepenafuguwulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d78b93d81fb---zalotolanelodan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/dimizibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202107011306502721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/daramekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/nitefibiwikigedejelaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fb67cc39f---rimofosagupitogezekotiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb36983f790---55347817437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c79152a9dd649232386a70be6521f5d/38400447946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go0vi3d3ij7evq8sm7hnvjrq6f/84583066963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegezitazafifinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/466233682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098833570968---pipulepekopigojutokupamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/91030079775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/55860753599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/62862608427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/74933804238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c25531231---29107723415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e390111fc02047b5263bcf57a17e091f/bovomadeziboxixiwupatize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f79352b9639c7d638f85421037ea65d/jovutabaxazakufiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700850c879c---wepesiloxabekadalureje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/41911205572.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000107b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B0 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 12949a8d1a34f40986680b177e98a7c6fa2bffac4b45ef08b2c28c5809b160bb
font_01_sfnt_off0001346a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1346A 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 7b6c9726a4feb793499195eec62fa45dad7cba1342fe2ee85859e9c5b8f6140d
font_02_sfnt_off00014d91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1