Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a9599675cc5c6f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:38:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f20188eca0a481e2a07a86d1f0829c30 SHA-1: 018cfc3e30d3d90ecb5c12acffa2a97239cb0040 SHA-256: 2a9599675cc5c6f11c252677d8c6dc75a892f7606fe96b4d4ab73e5e0b43e92e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and the PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic points to compromised CMS upload storage. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest the document's purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6960

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/9129264018.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/277063888f9341c7b00fbd0282d943e5/60566702345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38d2b2225b---47548285926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111387264f60---34797958790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poultech.net/d/files/rowogeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/6305186844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/teburevikotenaxuvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/rikawokuzudapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/42291627114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35586650390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifidiwoxurapefebixeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifuzabazomume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70ad6abb11f7c85852ba784de87ebee7/47913589948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/42252913016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca0a20ffb7---gutavejodumimepiwapewojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5bdtnfr7ku9m6ulartjlefdi1/7491889676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cecd1b2f7b4205f3fceafe47a8305b7/xirisotidewabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cb48aa887---dudeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc3f308407---41926294582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jenistudio.com/upload/FCK/file/limudirogufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/38728655409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/fotavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/42860202897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=standard+and+nonstandard+english+ks2+worksheetPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE331 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 75d22108b4c4363ba40b81a137c51cc986200b3daaed0b125f161d2aaede49e2