Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a889c0df2fafd9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-06 04:23:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 26b32aa3d780be3a868b097de250b83d SHA-1: 01105447d6078485e5c047e97942a4b4a3b9c071 SHA-256: 2a889c0df2fafd9c4e0e9f5cfac9a9cf6e01a7d216fcd4c33998fb0ab6f2dfd4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f705a40d41d---82490063673.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grnd46dhics5mid2flibgepje6/zokixixixopoviwawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/77018837449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transfertrolley.cn/d/files/nadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf547f2e243---51326249217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba89e257ce4---sovejiwotedemofikapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/batemareradupenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/841c1697d851c7ea0953fbd68b9a3e72/mawupovowimutubexoxifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr3d8ntae3089rirpihb3fc4j7/78857191972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acf8b1536499202caa8d9d9494180a96/53150227518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/45624421803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25qom7n6nf8jaa7i40f3gh2an4/50789804953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vm9klrigeku9va0etq8dfetu6/rigutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/020a4538006763dcda7e0bee761a712f/80088680215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/zupoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d628d46a9---35028336227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jicnui252brg7jaedu30mgjcd4/fusege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9h1anv0l0m7cvkjaa6pu9ciko/4774430766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021713550241330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1516ca259a---telofumidubexupinijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0bfdc6180---debajupolubipurakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/vutajamopudipojixez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65127761958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/nujuguzevusutofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/finamopafoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c127922198---61560431747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=best+quotes+pics+for+whatsapp+dpPDF 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_off0000e9bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BF 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 588b6649274dcededf0035e40a78d4f33919f6ad8d8551e12b2359a9f3afe53a
font_01_sfnt_off00011670.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11670 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 16573de8f20080ad327fe3d76e8d13cc702166cb1bb89c6ff68a38bfc3df44ef
font_02_sfnt_off00012fe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1