Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a63dbc3bbb235f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 19:18:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 30856b8a37e25306e9dd4ab2821f5bdb SHA-1: 4447df2c0d5e65f270b272e9728ee75a36ba1d37 SHA-256: 2a63dbc3bbb235f9ef1248aa2d4855d60928d1d7af155311997b431f2989fd0a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and link farm structure suggest the primary goal is to redirect users to malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=archdiocese+daily+mass PDF link annotation
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/94638458179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f3cce9301---zanubogadewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/28051369618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/9069723894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/33394907634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/946581805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806f19af427---95909730206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0943120cac77dd33bb86c873a6e8a099/bobizanadapuderut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/52373743083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce75b47b58---jegexadabegosazuzujerifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e54040d7399---82972760839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/78751326837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/xakanidivapikojuwatagol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nkg5a7sn7emnhnl474s8utnk4u/siwuzifatisusateju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/gonitiparugitafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ecf56a0eb---galukakarotinapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/rukoduvukogijikigusizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2175j1agb1k4qvr1qifi9e77o/dumixatorutoxawipuzugivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/18122736942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcd45dfb56---sonaxapulegewovalira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e47b3c885---90047269682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03232f08e83022a1f6222e35a4fd1358/84008953909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67ffee5b66179493fbbd22ed8a37e84/laremibagaketu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d07bls8ms9tr86dso1s403doq4/21280206467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/fodak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sn2ap51puv3lbfs78d7l7p7c37/tasiwubovijabariv.pdfIn 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://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_off0000ed7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7B 17488 bytes
SHA-256: a6f2b9fb85921a362d7974f2c8b48173c93a48c4b84f5dd9c8d9a1116f2937bf
font_01_sfnt_off00011aed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AED 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 0488193c430f2719bc5513dd64a1781b69c4149783e63e5be155dadb7e381902
font_02_sfnt_off000132ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1