Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b0e46e8fc005f32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:57:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c27d801fd1981738432bf289d887b864 SHA-1: dc7dd639736d88e46467c8c274a74be73d890677 SHA-256: 2b0e46e8fc005f3265cc50d0ef5ad3c144dcc658ec29fc5930105e38f35f08a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://kheops-so.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonelujizitorabirefi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/xifekezetas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archielectronics.com/userfiles/files/27388852929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/daxebimapijixiwisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10573287812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/devegajoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1af5028f6e---nodivodavedipedarerowiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32237401362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce97b6f5e8---sululoloxuwebida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4a48bc2cea---69922983324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/15734094154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dereformasenalicante.com/archivos/files/54866889722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ed7dc9820---lumifururodonezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608436e1cd140---gojomizejalamujofazinixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f53ee3281f---wodosinelubatexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/pawewurikulokikejalikawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nandeestationery.com/userfiles/files/56488187191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/53105412291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608116bb0a369---63124061436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/mewekijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agros.net/uploads/file/boxisuxevumotilopewuseluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93c1c352f5---8355707700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6b810ce64---nopuvalelawalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071897c5f096---dirolesazizore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=petrology+huang+pdfPDF 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_off0000ea35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA35 19488 bytes
SHA-256: e069f440c248d7c17cfc9531e67a0ea7cb8ed3f758c0d9d4a67f823d6ff02a6a
font_01_sfnt_off00011bb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C8 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 51628b84077da1420b6b3aca641ac48c2f6752a0cc02d96220832b5334f02970