Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a7d493ddc2dbf5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-30 20:37:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 34b8fc69a57602ccc525872e6e2d3c80 SHA-1: 1007ffd6ac26ee26989201a83cb4c4fbbd18e1db SHA-256: 2a7d493ddc2dbf5fdc59206343f99f3fa5324a416e99bed02fe2c0b68360dbb3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, directing users to download files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads further supports a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086956c604d4---kekebomivovurosewuguxofak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/38897369329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/85013801801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/nelelezabewuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce4e9e97af7e4fa07a9eee86b993355/fajobakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6494aaa2a9---biwuvajebeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabbleanddesign.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/fudov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/lejafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/348fb9b76f6a87562258c7cd97d63ae2/bixopuxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8607250186a43f5ff4918d4417ae1a0c/laninofozewepekegakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086331657efd---wotekitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/tepik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ebbdd0df152c84f36e2e1d36f58053/5728777014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612461bbab63b---nowarijavopena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/logosazomonafeduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210616043533356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98dd4d3828---ribarosakokidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mths1965.com/clients/6/62/626de2090e8268457c7577d5e8b87900/File/19354145248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomefusinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veejaytechnologies.com/userfiles/file/642296525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/615d6bcaa8ace7c4d77a7a3d6bb3244e/vagezakuzoxodobodoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d986feb410b2adcb735cb20a8cfd5377/nusedamitejoworobapiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i3mit.com/shopadmin/upload/files/44033442082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=international+secondary+science+1+workbook+answersPDF 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_off0000e14b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE14B 17284 bytes
SHA-256: af71235e1b98f4e224a22423d1fd8a10f1200738062e9706de40ca16b2a45aba
font_01_sfnt_off00010df7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF7 10796 bytes
SHA-256: edaa0539a6fad4670c0d63fac79adef4f8c245c07dc8467f910875058a23701a
font_02_sfnt_off0001271d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1271D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1