Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ad1b066886ec769…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:00:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8c56aeb4f28930f428f9e2f1636086f7 SHA-1: 40a3d5ccf9931d4cb8a088b7c9f08b1a713546c3 SHA-256: 2ad1b066886ec769b4aa61a3852ca3c593cb6fef8a67717e835164fc86e955e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or conducting phishing. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physics+forces+review+worksheet
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607525f252930---50435002629.pdf
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/xagisulufudakaku.pdf
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.org/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/95864300104.pdf
    • http://edallyshop.com/upload/files/79736134759.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a461f7df61---86905451963.pdf
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee436d09a669ca169a6085807f825583/64445882143.pdf
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/jeketuto.pdf
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/zadako.pdf
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/xanomusiboxotop.pdf
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66861328760.pdf
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/domijulaxakuvubobevakuzo.pdf
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed5988883c---41469145795.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d854e52f28ff7cdc16813691393e45e4/garelogufopegewaruwiremuv.pdf
    • http://huyndaicaudien.com/upload/files/mobawosodesudo.pdf
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa911c4da785a8cd24ce75e4992ede7/33210330650.pdf
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/65802789591.pdf
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/raxupakosibemutegidumadit.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4f4a8ee24---kosako.pdf
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1c56cd85e---fugufezojidakubu.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d9f95ad7f0a8daef53dac20355733c6/57454712497.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36743a3b04402fae2791a1c630ff6b1e/56645991727.pdf
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d94c847dec81ccb30274b63a9d8b7fc9/11357678709.pdf
    • http://caf-ljubljana.si/docs/99825436178.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c26c1e9d44---wobobopalilomanake.pdf
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/pawewemolixib.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_off0000b982.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB982 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d194.bin
93d44ea3a896faac52601005e971cd7dd916b252862c6f6b8bdfc9ea79cb71f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD194 16024 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa75.bin
3719e0c7f48e46c9b622b79b06f8442845dbd800d9c9bbe21c9554e0c9b15311
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA75 10480 bytes