Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b24d81ef43cc4d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:21:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 74412a641a57f4fc2d205b279d5e6ebc SHA-1: b37963e6f04c279be6cf0b7258bcc0d91bbb0376 SHA-256: 2b24d81ef43cc4d8769ae4d6d330e2193ee3fccbdc51fe72ba19f3b1420ba3b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to external sites, potentially for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezamusamunujok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986917137cb---zaguzorefupasedinudowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/tazatexofuxuvoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608089f90ea41---63264129517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609375467dcdf---xanebepasofego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d8260579d---16674722427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betibg.eu/webroot/img/files/forofewonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/wagigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bd6c029089822e45655e02799bc3ecf/52526228802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5u1ln9srmiukhif6sr28lbuot/49819143586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab532cd7b2961bf0e9234f4e4ba18c9/xonavuwugiroramatovole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900dbe18c86---legobuwugasapemavedawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df53f5fe8e4a0a704b4d82d71c841135/xivowoganajawukade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///20210625104949_699478648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ede3d038a---papupifavedubutuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/4789668577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0733e767f3---wujadibun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/32483157348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/japenexuxepiwotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/9101513217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2223be7cc199f03801687b92565f2ca/79405858089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608430d5a4cc8---soweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97dc06384b---zavoxodesonanolewasifeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2uksdqlhm0dohje43ekma04ug0/pudijavuborukeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=theorem+on+equal+ratiosPDF 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_off0000e770.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE770 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 2c648e606a2fe2195191097e123c880d6103662ec2a7547f795bafc0b96ffdd3
font_01_sfnt_off00011852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11852 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013069.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13069 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 615680e6f5ff2e6997f7408c8a24776b5288a73f97bd4a5fe2be9bebaf47d0ac