Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b720bc86873405e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-29 23:20:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3acf8bc1e1f7e946421f4b86d3e55c67 SHA-1: e4b382e92f48aa3aa986670c37cc4922a9649a5e SHA-256: 2b720bc86873405eb820cb4cc30629850177cfa4baf1652b0db9448f70e195c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely a phishing or malware distribution document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=salary+calculation+excel+sheet+india PDF link annotation
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8c3a30cbed---gezifiwirolekifamajodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec9a01e419158f7b1888fba2b086f230/2018065017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/jewumorakozexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/72225089712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdfauc5l9bd7s3s7t89mb19bvl/buzuzotapudoloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8a48decdfb6ae897d43f29bbbcaaf7b/fefod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/gefukigovadodixoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etenindex.nl/images/uploads/kunadovikadezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16ac9545adff99222dbc7d32e19926a0/2965898576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c23b658d84---76229298661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jopibafezoxurupavepuniwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u14fds8hs9hp7eu4lqi2q6a8m4/28063612287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ac4363024---21501548688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/72742650419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saens-jpn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67157356803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f8ac70634---miledigulopavanum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd15407b56---13879877389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/1498897535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/67731102030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e66400306---defunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0i8dforkkgijj5b1brtepr21g5/vefususeverepegedotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/burovozulinuluxuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd39e579f986b0b7af58b715b0c3c156/lijubuwup.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_off0000f6bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6BC 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 6c9c3bc3b6a643967dc41605fc251526d88631346fcd67904643f3246c15edd1
font_01_sfnt_off00010fc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC1 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 1899644a483f1e63bd2f5f42cacff97e7bd6b806d5c81e93eb80cd80b128f750
font_02_sfnt_off00013d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1