Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2910360c018b8e24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:36:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e3589688deb5831b17bd6a5b5a822d51 SHA-1: 4ff027700fe72b05133f1b23adad06c5f37431b9 SHA-256: 2910360c018b8e248037d066bea1b41bf8138af466bae569183a2ad1a3e8f4bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, directing users to download further malicious PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a mechanism for delivering second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/laxemeg.pdf
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825941d2bf4---5111347252.pdf
    • http://3sdent.com/upload/files/jiriwaram.pdf
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents//files/53142766010.pdf
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210621170243_2043932295.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/xatelovebazi.pdf
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/10968684270.pdf
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a8686b864---74968921954.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8cc2e26af---pabifidiwoboxepelesuje.pdf
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09a87296e5---kajozufoluvidu.pdf
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/78645953177.pdf
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/1451660407609449a2b0d59.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc0bad0725adb939015415015e52b4a/melosofemasajafesajuku.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ced04becf0---gudizelurizotilox.pdf
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ad17d14fe---xixitigeneruvirasizaf.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abed0b6a70---rubizesutovelikepexogabu.pdf
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/31028392411.pdf
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29a2b264e1e3cdeeb63cb139132b7d51/tabuvowegupavefate.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a4b9bfb4c872d22fb0ac5d8f326cd62/jojoxuvotogagowejij.pdf
    • http://physiotherapy-warwickshire.com/user_file/file/10377169536.pdf
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d972a43ee---gujezi.pdf
    • http://kipia-nn.ru/userfiles/file/tufuwepovivekebufirolu.pdf
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f12394acd---badovotaxixedexurijobeme.pdf
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/naxotirubiforebawin.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=install+missing+drivers+windows+7
    • 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_off0000efc6.bin
455b779acd010890716c42aa81f8ef9805c425a3d9ea24fbf3c6e6fbe8171a70
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC6 17740 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e6e.bin
7453df9988ec71e86f8d4b7710b2ef9378232141926d9e70e55d88f88fead765
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E6E 10744 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013700.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13700 16792 bytes