Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b0033b032d7502e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

141.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:45:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4825c5205f8fb6e947b45fbe6bd119c5 SHA-1: 81ee0d51dffaa58ff5133047289c9f5bac921785 SHA-256: 2b0033b032d7502e3ba1725b48c0832511271538b1eaf59eabcec857926e95e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting an attempt to hide its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/lupukaxoguv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3lg9rf1m2sbe7104v7jfukj35g/naguvuzisak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1738lu7d9cum0ukl09cp1irv1/solitubewofogatusatin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/90637782540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6b930403e---bidegolinekiwexezarud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/48885467558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f12fe7b5a2---34992437123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071655feb40a---jupekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/vinilowemibojefibazidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents//files/mitusudupomegitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/88812317855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e17ade8540f72f389d5b0f4a9560829/fefewugumezite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f49dccb58---31081843132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maristaslardero.es/userfiles/file/zepijafamoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/midit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/27642634509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/mitemikasedikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/vixadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/nomolojuvutejesilok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/mabusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609822a69ab7d---93330261594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6776925566---15587099404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixopok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=refuge+diners+drive+ins+and+divesPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001cc2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CC2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001e43c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E43C 17580 bytes
SHA-256: ee932603ffc2f9afad0ac6930495a333075010bf64efa1eeb97dc702370450c2
font_02_sfnt_off000211e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x211E4 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 072d5737aab4f6a67edbe69ee97700c570609da6f75e75b3654779a77a07885f