Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a14100d60670f37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-26 10:31:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 68e87798743ecbad01746d9381a8bc58 SHA-1: e96f3d6341f074e4996c47261896ca2b681842c9 SHA-256: 2a14100d60670f379b48f8afabb6e5428293d8312952bdea9198d3699b224f7f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, likely to host further malicious content. The PDF's structure and the presence of embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b62698354---vowovudituduto.pdf
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202104290520231065.pdf
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/53772311521.pdf
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ff81e96a5e2ac228284a945cad9622/jinivifonavefok.pdf
    • http://businessdevelopmentcenter.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/43615792739.pdf
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/14370972380.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773273d6313---kozasigoz.pdf
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210625_F866B350B205C136.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be519460f357b7379cf26bb84c8b609b/53633595113.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b97f7a12b2---zetunanuvagifodova.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca5771e8eeb---rasifu.pdf
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-28/20210628164754717963.pdf
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21f8495857f0961ae35b6fe08b69b3c/38290955733.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddfea94deac---15019762701.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26758f22cf17727d8bc74f910bfc936d/93087249413.pdf
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fologef.pdf
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/348b0e3ddbb294592c2c985b94c4fa2e/92025109100.pdf
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/dovixojatukigera.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6b389bab5---guvuxasol.pdf
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/98717064179.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=population+community+and+ecosystem+worksheet+section+g+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • 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_off000113c3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012bd5.bin
31924ba1dfe0c8eac60cd56e39d4873cb73aa4c0f83af5b4654e4f174e526a3b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD5 17552 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000159c4.bin
46b8c59c138bce616c87c0e232f8d52cfecfdd1a7bc1685f4a83f48b2c4ea7ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159C4 11356 bytes