Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a0579db206d6c92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:59:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ff927c14a5d9b7458c218303e5e27735 SHA-1: bf636976256af81214b71f2b3b10f63304bf57ca SHA-256: 2a0579db206d6c9267c7c3435895d194463be833d553a3d2f3ce38ba24b04960
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters in some URLs further supports the hypothesis of a phishing campaign or a mechanism to distribute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/kukiluvanesixavuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c27e8834c5---49043405856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/50116832765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/795opqcajv8ca1j2rdeu4qlnk2/82980224636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/pinaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinruily.com/UploadFile/file/20210731205210341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/65952777934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28037369948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altstudio.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/36759231523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608864d85d75a---17077351009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608016b2305da---fogipewisopulutimewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71685985859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upnbkk.com/file_media/file_image/file/52626767520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23d6ba3fb3---80146776992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyxedayhang.com/userfiles/files/desojomixowagikogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/33342525015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motorradfreunde-toggenburg.ch/up/files/pejeriwoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0af442fdcccb6cdb2b6467085ee42dc0/vukatetuwumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607110da8cc66---32689533340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b17e03df7d9---30087896339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8add191b76ba6430fa1fa2473e251880/negos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog/file/42399755984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soluzionebenessere.eu/userfiles/files/75677220208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48d5099370---nixuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/tosefolizokilawuxubabubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hunter+valley+map+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_off0000c209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC209 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 5f7510926d1328f5ed756b4903537eb77d123e4ee8ed0868edec2e94e92d7d15
font_01_sfnt_off0000da0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA0F 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 35e80a28e10e4f873d46da640328c0523eb8bb674985e260d47173b20e2e8977
font_02_sfnt_off00010666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10666 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1