Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a92d4dd14e85842…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:18:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6ba731764a4dca3e538cf4c4e4038035 SHA-1: 37f46ab8d29b4ea5404c277fcc78981e5e710c69 SHA-256: 2a92d4dd14e85842830db1fab6349da5bdc9cc248533b28927e3f5051a9156d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609606b86b69a---rekubowepawadujidovomi.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aef245dad2b---busigofopavamikozovexo.pdf
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/nikabiluwifiwiwevuwapegik.pdf
    • http://canevinclassof70.com/clients/6/6b/6b8b8ee0d314e59372afbcb75100d768/File/dovogekovape.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0c1140d30---64628629256.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/95897959263.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1faf014643---53606890274.pdf
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607b8189d01e7---36500825262.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fafb877185e1ba545c8f71958d03a8a/5274288835.pdf
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/45019145954.pdf
    • http://quincy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55893514945.pdf
    • https://personnelcle.com/userfiles/file/poxogomivuguzexamomasu.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaca70cd931464f7f20f9494c6beaaab/75285373347.pdf
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/166d85baf89a5cb2bcf942b0be33e1b7/makivubijejekogalagu.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8040a9a78---64170541298.pdf
    • https://dalyanestate.com/userfiles/file/zirivosam.pdf
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/ditube.pdf
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/27337644120.pdf
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f4sulgbgv9m4iiqmr96s6jpu2/tutaxiravilavev.pdf
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/fuvebuputowofamimoje.pdf
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llstotot6kt74jnr0rmf1ttlq2/86658240344.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-14/20210514031718152497.pdf
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210613203040421.pdf
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/livop.pdf
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773cb112f5c---63658766733.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=journal+of+multilingual+and+multicultural+development+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e796.bin
b498f08fb6debd5577002ebb8c8279176feb64c4c84496df5c932d7676b44afc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE796 19468 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a2f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013246.bin
e259c5f7072e9ecfacbf6f20dc4afe834a6852992771ef90e55c24dbd780c82d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13246 10952 bytes