Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a0878af45bf8662…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.9 KB Created: 2021-06-19 07:28:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 43ab97defeccd553257b187d47fd44a6 SHA-1: 00ce076708ecfe5952c4a568bf37bcb74d89783c SHA-256: 2a0878af45bf8662f033e9aba1bcb5d1c76381dc98b4d7276e8c79d7e421f5c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to download other PDF files from compromised WordPress sites, disguised as academic solutions manuals. The embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=university+physics+with+modern+physics+15th+edition+solutions+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef804d438f2501f34590b48319da246/ralaxekinawavevetuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c698f502007---53483364692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609031a2e87ac---levagijapimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f126045f38---disavipulobaxerefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/92399847490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d18dc8097---senox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwirovurugunarafanawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909a426913e---40185766604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atcvrk20ei6gfilr67g97ifln2/14380887574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crs3ufjqpht38p35715bs8f2j5/jopudufuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608176af262a6---xajexekezakuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/73389419366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65b9ab3798188a87f7a4f654dac4f02/94870875281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706b3c3ecd4---valuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB365 3176 bytes
SHA-256: a3a1dd4418e481b27df14d08c2f6cca6ba86d9602aa3ba2e216845a408237471
font_01_sfnt_off0000beba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEBA 5816 bytes
SHA-256: bd7e75d51b38a76c3051a83ac3a23c49903cd7792de89d8e72a7c6ef6a1a592b
font_02_sfnt_off0000d28d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD28D 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 4c13ade4c17d693ee5b6e2b62ec7ded830777e82ca2a84c6f1e979c2983421e1