Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2add94ea9529648b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-27 23:32:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3a786a329701eac66e51f5792c781734 SHA-1: 2fd73303306ebe12c86381402753d985c760408f SHA-256: 2add94ea9529648bdfc41c89bbff1dc986e32fee80b7c508c3e570978c4a679b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This structure suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or facilitate phishing attacks. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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=forgot+wifi+password+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8efaf3749e6fb86f3ba35a25bca43735/gufibavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd099a0056e64374fdd46741a9e4700/36711201193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147c66cbc24e---wizositopewusarogaginob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/dageguliguwagajibavikonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamatekhanevadeh.ir/ckeditor/files/files/53892936044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumoinoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60252189518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovekhucongnghiep.com/upload/files/defuvezurubamud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huemin.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/dogulajixevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1pcnh6p40jff9o08ijgdlfbu2/mewaxalobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/kaxabanoxutegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbazar.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/72341191386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.com/contents/files/35211597476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee3fd15c11345c2d4cfd6f694299dfc/39235609434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631323673_28ee665cc6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/79233286725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614429d281ea8---tevos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/163122946061407f264e2b4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saatgaamkansarasamaj.com/admin/uploads/files/88942314435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-jtech.com/userData/board/file/73094497378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/nirugizisotebejibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alharithiforcameras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67790612158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harteron.ee/userfiles/file/xowisirujosajanelasisitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/80221685344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/kokatosilibalojofimuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonuwimawodegovanobuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB266 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA78 16408 bytes
SHA-256: a502d73834c78238054c1a02d9bd794f1c1c69c25ee51e75aae8d3835cc9c485
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A8 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 61989e95152465fbbab15fd24182af9d742441c30559afc09b644f23573bcb90