Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2806c009c7d24b8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:27:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 85db6576f9cc129d9b31667f0340ddaa SHA-1: 8261595210e6eb41ec9713c40f77bcb3a7c4ef98 SHA-256: 2806c009c7d24b8e19fc2eb078c7ce842d19719c7ec3e87f9e1866f43149c5b9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern involves luring users through malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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=airlines+support+animals PDF link annotation
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfd614fc1d---lugugelamekupolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df98e0fb47---79862074616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g3g8mkgqq9qkk60bli2fmcg3f/65578051282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8515a6996cff64405948a63b8b236370/92336722290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/tuvokozosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/malodukofoxezijafiligif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1869387a94---wurulubowibumemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24f21fd60224cfd7300b4cd219cb5d77/74741288822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ce6bcbc22---5648879145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff8519a00b---patalegirofelotewisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/31176676845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d262bd3633---45892851414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steammining.com/userfiles/file/85328150348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/69102327600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6c27c3e03---5772632056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a5fdd6132---14233985243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094357999658---vusinajizegatesokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607362903d9ca---tidize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/05095708909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bcc107203---mipofapojofiloxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/71518719209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewubotaguzewarimibegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/jizubazovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704998a8a6c---81010746760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0j2vdqmi5vcolip8dh1vms1132/dosupaf.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_off0000fdf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11609 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 8d86043bbc4a036a3d25e6af5bad1552a0addd670d6a8661e9d75099e524950e
font_02_sfnt_off00012dd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DD8 17228 bytes
SHA-256: bba3bf6181ddf4d9a45986d550f58a4c162d83c04abd2c098386e89a15f91eec