Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ba21924822eb359…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-02 15:43:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7d2a46dbb38c60c69dc95ff92577fbe8 SHA-1: 060a349f05a015a9815d07b8b738486c09f7d57b SHA-256: 2ba21924822eb3592de103dd500bf0ae09516f52e90d6b1c32c4f2eee2464af7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics points towards a tactic of redirecting users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://namlongadc.com/uploads/news/files/kexiviparinigiwuvenapu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4ba67a91b---nuzewafanekipisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/23654354582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepavafurakozijeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754a38699bc---63857187269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pathakpharma.in/singhania/downloads/file/nubutebeluwikojexovude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zibawajoripabaxomil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenvalleykerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zinetowokidozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibzakon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vosegubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8gacmcannl3s52pbqcvd9jc52/xotifinibapevazivapuvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/xokenupifivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents//files/9172725254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lagukuduraselavar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce8bbd2218---fagabukezasolegivasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresmontreal.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/gonovusawawadasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/80984677395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1k5cc5uraanq26ndl8906d6hb/nizage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgjbreunion.com/clients/6/69/6950e03db8b1ea894755b369f0a03c31/File/loguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/kekupilajizisuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/momowefetokoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076efe29699f---somewidulawawiwepibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210702045730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badaranquehablar.com/userfiles/files/rejuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5038e86c663c0d31b64fdc59f6af0c56/batutiniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=free+company+profile+powerpoint+presentation+templatePDF 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_off0000f4cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE1 16868 bytes
SHA-256: d7b6a299aca491631e80620a6bc4553cdc91f9badcd98d989ebf82e81b2d4e53
font_02_sfnt_off000138d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138D9 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 62585d140922ab94dbbf2c86fd730b404d94617fc7a2941bbb93c8531b17d39e