Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b42fb6d067e2097…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 10:33:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 9c174187c1a476f2df13b1e3847f6b99 SHA-1: cbf2674989252e6a6414d9ccb428d954556ca7f3 SHA-256: 2b42fb6d067e20972ec8a2d2bb7fcd91c73dcbc4879306b0bc8988f04d37a372
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing or a trojan. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to click on these links, which likely lead to further malicious content or exploits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 http://yuc-fac.com/uploadfiles/20210801233854.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt86kkcc75nicve30d12538dfs/zumeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd932f6d97d---deparuxidosuxeruribid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/kimazexixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/nuxalesosux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608d237ada4b2---voloxapukoluvar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d511ca4020ddd56f49531c77c504669c/legoduziwatasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-operation.com/upload/files/34158260470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/928a407e5f6c55cf64f9ddfd371d1e7c/kubugujipavifit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/96589247884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-champagne.com/blog_images/blog_/file/bidikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b217b9c41a4---fukonofatufigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkfb30k84k4hfrrct86ngo87u3/85256603505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1ecc3c5dc---libanepajokazirepero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/3536016975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/52149643313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789a8cb408d---84226942519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39cec982ec9393a27e2fe82fe5815e5/68642671389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a004a7a189b878efa5da04425d4cd745/talotuzafimetajaxojuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaskinfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b798c9f9e2af69c3a5b950a06e4ade8e/File/31254337587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8627129d8c5d206fa4100a2bdc19663a/nujoxumuwigazomoluxugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c5d4dc104---mesamotelelebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/riwokegamevavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/sivefudokaxozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4250f3f7fc---zuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=project+delay+analysis+report+formatPDF 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_off0000f40c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40C 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 0e8f36bf4b064321fd4e24b84118e2e2100e1abbae0f49b6c5f12a36bc371f80
font_01_sfnt_off00010daf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C1 15844 bytes
SHA-256: 80730259acc4a8faad8af068c75650c230c67eb000465007305c4d098afd2a9d