Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a889ce254ab46dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:18:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 7defe1e23cd41b87296a4633a61d4956 SHA-1: 4f7f5bbc685d73e822d8fe7b7e12f2f1ec5832b9 SHA-256: 2a889ce254ab46dc129b3718fb3329487a2385906390203f251ce8872f633dd0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the heuristic firings point towards an attempt to leverage external resources for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6058ac28d---majabip.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/092v06a5391o8g44rju4ve9bd5/tadogekapamefijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/bikasadedinazawuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d0d1e85da---31172806269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cb654c2f0---63948578420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdb2b7b5c2---27162581070.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqu20rkhhorshkr6ti49umnfm8/7181548883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56dea10f3026890267a95e46efe962ad/vikobupizilalizowomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgardening.nl/images/file/nevusakosokebaraxuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/47739518762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f0dd9f6f7---48669793214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a816b454c5e---56837728135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703e38366d6---48245560710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52f25cae6b4b7a2788d4abc2ea76d5aa/sokagekepira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2eb9b172e3---90725236545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4put98lr8jgbcr0eparp7jurk5/68429094763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2lcj4e8p6jvj2lhk0cmt07ac0/zetanegezolupisatimuraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/tilejexidefel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/526c4de45d5b32daf730d0be40f5aa8b/ruvikeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34ub3qmbl7o9jjguprmkhb5t64/21961610883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/93519654474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/85399463811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b5049418196df164caf1b48849d042/19714101039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf95c9c83---98451976689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8daae5a7c---33242740484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb5e3091f2---71357632110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=siwes+technical+report+on+water+treatment+pdfPDF 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_off00015c19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C19 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 1a03d07f1ba80565ca47c328075064ec5e914e65efa51acc8f3f01e05baecb9f
font_01_sfnt_off000175a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x175A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018db4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18DB4 16164 bytes
SHA-256: d714223259f009019dee54a8147e46af5741db8895ea147591acf34fd44bbc4d