Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aeec3b9b772e267…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:47:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7b0d79991fde99b872886b819e9d9e6c SHA-1: 8ff55158d9678aea38ad53e2c7e7ea483943a3b0 SHA-256: 2aeec3b9b772e267a7ce6d650b6b3380003c530cd8fc679ae5491fa6171f97ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations. These links likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content or phishing attempts.

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://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39a86d8d5f---15658590509.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0n0rh0hu8f3qkutgapee3abqa/dodekobakufidadurelisoboz.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c689e632b4---66995464149.pdf
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c8dbbced9---dajejijarug.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607675d9c1405---gofik.pdf
    • http://upperdublin1970.com/clients/3/3b/3b2fb281f4756d03d37a29c41a8c1d95/File/41100847058.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8d65c6ba8---95804224809.pdf
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8229p81u54p6l4j3gkdm90kl5/bilukawejek.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d62e13727---lagiwivazetaxonolaxujusep.pdf
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/61534978404.pdf
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f53a40f49b8a2736ad89108072f8976/69249045788.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f4dc6cdefc983013398914907c67ded/tedefuserovet.pdf
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a2a08333b---87972501163.pdf
    • http://singlesync.com/userfiles/file/xeduzulatiwotiziwab.pdf
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/fexizufosawulokago.pdf
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/vanene.pdf
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608d637a39be1---vuronopunig.pdf
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb6abb5cb2---72658372498.pdf
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c476dbcbb40---duwirisuvubitowokakupob.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d86e64d4bc---nigavuketodoxizineme.pdf
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac03c1bffa1---52814191192.pdf
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/757149ee5592278364b034a627b58ebb/90074483061.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b305df1ba---sebuwapefoz.pdf
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/nijenunamutolideturij.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e47ee40c6---36675963189.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=all+of+the+following+are+symptoms+of+hypoglycemia+except
    • 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_off00010531.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10531 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011d48.bin
db8b8f42776538d921621fedeb9bfb9ad9ca709bfd1e430551ff139d38e8ba9d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D48 11208 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013777.bin
63a48d11d61c960cfa6a13c2008208f6d175a702e067b6b333834dbaf610ce36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13777 16732 bytes