Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b6f3c40b6393a8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:44:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 035637215c1bbbce84692305ac0481c2 SHA-1: 9fac3d557c431211b45acbca56f93b856f9ce59e SHA-256: 2b6f3c40b6393a8d01b0698e103cc4ae8e9edb839ae9d4881a35d2d4f975a9d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution tool. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious intent, likely serving as a lure for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stove+top+stuffing+chicken+pot+pie PDF link annotation
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfac6e5a695f7d99d03ef9d3d7e55b77/wojejigazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ajmi5v16n23il6ocdjmfn6d94/33811358652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62t3rord84jj39v6ao9rbn816q/28398882405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811014b9da0---rizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/xonutibidupuborivir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076278a2f888---kegakuvifugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/mazir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1326d2a7c---82845281236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608903d6c75e2---fojovup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkkledingverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/84372605850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e66552ba4---seretilipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/89884427519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35dd88993b877665290c675fcea1c24b/pagumurezazekajovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/488d7e86a51b1321da5d5c644ed9ba04/noxixajesufeganixeberuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e08eac76f091b71767c99ddcbc4a9fc4/puwulirazitadobowixawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3dc8c9e5bad8f68434c8775ee53ba3/7683848396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5ob2lq56jhacdc8ci6dpvvbr6/14061336539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb8806d5594c4469f6a60edeb850c9b8/berud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sm52d55vaa09njo4a69rs1up84/tavapiwaxuwefoxetaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bd6975dbc1568daf17a359592624d53/15610358145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t2l1guuaj57bdfllos6u2ppk2/vetarewosokekejiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f47c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF47C 10784 bytes
SHA-256: e84c5f041bbf7f49d05f48f668fff079e9a8269af48ae165400802c00624a799
font_01_sfnt_off00010d50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012562.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12562 18584 bytes
SHA-256: 176873e18fb6ba5ece9bb88976dfab75b6a7e042d051099aa53ba3147325ee9e