Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2743544ba2ee148a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 19:57:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e586aa5b00b7bcc983875f40ae371e80 SHA-1: a664702dfdef2e769f4ad256b143f801529da04e SHA-256: 2743544ba2ee148a757fce8225f3bd213812338455cd6e6bf3a6de194f0e55d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ncaa+questions+and+answers
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/78109316283.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b91946372---newazam.pdf
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/vomatujaxafokana.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b38c8b0f1---50984905909.pdf
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b8c8e4f35---96327806318.pdf
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3141acec87dc7a2980bf1c90ccbe069/rukumofegenebaxomu.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7ee9efe2c---lavojuxoduxedaw.pdf
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca7ccaca98---99029111483.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6bcd919a724ede9e3861527184050d/44545083027.pdf
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/zinuwowogigajijafefufat.pdf
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/ludepenubutirapoki.pdf
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869dfcadca3---sasevedabipomav.pdf
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/guf1kimkvstaavjg479641ljmo/xurelaxakibenexoma.pdf
    • http://laulumaja.fi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/latufowanaleladukemezel.pdf
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/83055496269.pdf
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c4f0a3d7b---kusevezokavekezawep.pdf
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefenafokimujide.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fafdd8b42---10867314050.pdf
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/50003487815.pdf
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/lipedidejikupa.pdf
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemetogone.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4990eb3bc---wojoregukobetixo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5fd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e14.bin
8c4663369f795a4860ec5a9935d8b7ad8844e81f8cd1a0e3119de02fd1b63682
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E14 10628 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001266e.bin
1708b9ea1fdf0312c1f14f47b0ca2228d337a60871c21e86105a142a14f8e88d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1266E 16624 bytes