Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a40089b218f9eae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-07-23 00:19:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: fbd9c6e94f6800806255542e46de1d78 SHA-1: 5ffad90e915339f94cf33ae5ced46d95de487fe5 SHA-256: 2a40089b218f9eae1ab5f9bb52ac88c86dde17dd5f8b237a48187e2523eb6d15
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests the PDF itself is the payload, designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ae50e3e56---94401793783.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0997c2cff---12508663754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/vigob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/46931229585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/tituliruvufoxeposejizizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cc335d214---zotamagejafajak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/76925462469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24baab5b869ca01611e40ed398497689/53950827812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-26/20210526074226199108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/874dcb8d1620ddb981dd6fca72d571d0/murafugigidukafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c445e16eca---zogosolopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712b3e72c0c---89167991420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethanybaptistcolumbus.org/clients/75549/File/jukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/digitijotexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/43845424863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9b35632628---rekozilifaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c787d5b6e---90809075699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/94507720768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/gutofunupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/baresanave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804002964fe---15809765974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da9ce8481e---zefopumirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/54523774856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msfs9ukckmaqe9njhiilmrge56/76685626811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d50b1361ee2---1142290950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=arthur+the+once+and+future+kingPDF 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_off00011bde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDE 17024 bytes
SHA-256: f72c4d388fcc23534ce8de31b3ca124c3db349835e681adcec482851edf32fc5
font_01_sfnt_off0001486c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1486C 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 3b54519c6e3a3624a5686ef93d2a3a9c0f0f8d7a46fc44c620ece9a7fa01df19
font_02_sfnt_off000160ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1