Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b0a965a3a1d59c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:53:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ccfbcdcbcf1cd17c032b3588943a2fc0 SHA-1: 676743e252ab44c0feac620fe3d5a8b59e1138be SHA-256: 2b0a965a3a1d59c894d3bff842db2ba5eaedb728a58c32d9e1e8cbff3283fd29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, flagging it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or submitting sensitive information. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting reinforces its malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

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://vettercycles.ch/userfiles/files/luwukisawumokagamubaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb9cfa414c---nonip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819138677f3---12752873195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba23e4f0474c8fbacdfe9251ed218a87/konez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f93049159---27957348788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/52997571758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8188d9bf746be0576440e5865538ab7/77144822171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607119d3df2cc---mukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3424a5ccf025a451553363c4a54a8ea5/xixepesavegasuvoviget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607886544a442---98471932442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/khliam7mi940jsukrsfa9addl4/numozisutolejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0a2a527d3---tizosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449180a17ddeca06878db13b32bd9180/xevufegejatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/pomifodup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b88b820cca3dc8eee4b301152baf04f1/renexaxifurojotani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b1ede7a00---lonam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d1699d560---votulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/87071698280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5js24ve2ttaf36u9kf976pgec1/62240503808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbe5f50f31---mivemuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bo0h6pdltmeqil53oqmr34s9b1/lifexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/88272015703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/75536183783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/vizuritizisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/jeguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kutopolifajujemotesivup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=duke+and+duchess+of+sussex+christmas+card+2020PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B8 16612 bytes
SHA-256: be1b79b6d01fdc9e78bb0bfd4ec9f73664f9df674a031e048115d2a0e4720c77
font_02_sfnt_off000134ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134FF 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 144cdff1a113b01689469df3ce13eab6478d39f1eb72d2dd35388c4aa7ba940f
font_03_sfnt_off00014f38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F38 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 263fba459c43ef75c575ca363a77cc798276f4a347a51b0e06021682a2b3c25f