Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ba0a9335de25fca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:22:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2741242d7e6ca7a85de88a48e4c08d9c SHA-1: 893e09eef703d5dc6a24279238c3420bcab2d6b8 SHA-256: 2ba0a9335de25fca37cb7b73ec5bb5992b578b29ff2768b04787c77f98ebbfc5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of multiple PDF link farm indicators suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://etnorom.hu/pictures/97668794356.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07f61c178ed99a575c6f7198b7e05c22/77754703655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee6211f192bbcc51fb291ccf3e39dc0/85782336426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800fe34d9f2---20430955322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/68934172954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiameds.com/images/upload/files/71414673511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/wuxuvuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/kererogomaluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ae3bb76d4---83361245742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa122011f85---lavosozanuwikaxivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/rusaxisitozeximoxobozawos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51r0l7cns3prn2b8qhkn2rtgc0/57110460324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/324585eh38u1da2qqt1jr2qali/kuvotiruder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608715d738bb6---38333817003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recapress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40263000694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99af889efb---12835587485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2426f5aadfa13563ca82ba5c6f62a62/23193309187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/11438140957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keysrotary.com/clients/d/da/da683cbc30bfd632b0b364d14bdd38fd/File/56288950816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/jakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/98523969909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa828004b2ef53f02233cf2ffe918259/rusokemewunuxuxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/66727434181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhisah.com/webroot/img/files/pexasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/sijukalodabebekije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/fubolagumewobefuwubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=name+starts+with+sa+for+boy+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000ea34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10246 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 1db8c4ba9a55412c5cdc5df75160f28a305a8acd656de43e55b470d3acfeb9c2
font_02_sfnt_off00012ff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF4 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 2ca68f5accc047133e1f3ca72a195f835d3e894e5abf8832efc3818c08992879