Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2af0c6b500d42d1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:50:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a69e2bc9ae8bb25e1bbd098d5ac5e382 SHA-1: 53078ebcddb22611b0aeedf3a0aec919e21942ba SHA-256: 2af0c6b500d42d1f13660f284e661dc93f38beca7d93661abf91202ae7b62497
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV also flagged this file as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user reading but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9523

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://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080072599b4b---27896090987.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbamj6jts64onodsp3d1o95i6h/36495610997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cpc47po8beqc1klb0jj2b3foro/gavijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094df062075e---31115279042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f00d217332---87961047690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add68571200---duwepuzaladusozifike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9826722fbb---73296661903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210518210841274976790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vfbi4c435fpt3g2k85cvdmsm5/88344632985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786741eedc5---vulagegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7d078adb2---kixuketunevimigavefazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/dadutemidiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/zapideresof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7afda439afdbbd4ec5816d2c2a36b1b0/rafezufozixovafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0p1309shr1dvqg88nb1rtqjng/24866017843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856f7c9aae3---55880048075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1433cff43704ba76aa90701678c05bc/rujawoninimuwajoreg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bafe1103897---dirinotazakevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/gakatadoxadolutukevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3841koe4nv9hj1bqq478g65d0u/pofetukozirijuxifele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a67de336b---7689130817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/mimerelumujoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/zawawevilojobovitizapikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e996a41f7---kitonuwodoguzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7142763bec65fbc02f24bb745722addc/rolalusetekupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10a68e361f38254c866eff622851375e/83784850528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/59040752451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=diddle+meaning+in+tamilPDF link annotation
    • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off00010f05.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x10F05 18328 bytes
SHA-256: d9f5e66163d907df9b2c2f031b8906ab183602eda4757f3e8ef428a9cf922d60
font_00_sfnt_off0000d2e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E1 3464 bytes
SHA-256: a8161c2f5ba9235eb51b4fcc43b6bb219725019365cb8d38f9ec25dfe5ce54ff
font_01_sfnt_off0000e060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE060 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF877 10204 bytes
SHA-256: 441f4a5f33353c4a8ede8ebf97f07e01d0c4f260dcef5068922dfbc9c95b0eb4
font_04_sfnt_off00012ca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA2 22944 bytes
SHA-256: 68601948b3698e4c8ecd781bb968954970113deffcb41606bb30be009d6fe92a