Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bf65ef9fdaca72f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 12:19:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cd4196f2915c8d0852a529026cd98b03 SHA-1: 9b3ac98a6274916794b5c87ca99f840c3358e896 SHA-256: 2bf65ef9fdaca72f89b78de3fab598c0fc42fcb140a3b24b98c8402a1b49566f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or redirection to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the URL analysis is sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/bosaneniriboja.pdf
    • http://educaholistica.com/resources/img/imagesck/files/52182884148.pdf
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/fisijibadawewuni.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de271869c0---91533154698.pdf
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/84674591181.pdf
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37075785883.pdf
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0477afd1fe277667e216f8e5d7ae3fc0/bobepakujedigopawesinoru.pdf
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a328e812c1739310f8ff6ebcb74af78/2509434021.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a383cf798a4---38316309511.pdf
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou4hkeadhk0frfv832vjpf7un7/fegagakepiwetet.pdf
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/dibivagan.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771eaf562e3---fokujazatiwejide.pdf
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/36554864670.pdf
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607764059ef16---64409238879.pdf
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtsug83ijpg01uol5pn36a0t8g/noxalalevexutazemibenokaf.pdf
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecd6c3a8b99---sosumikojorodus.pdf
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1edfa01fc34fa4b7584bbf9a54329a2b/kiter.pdf
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/mizoditutegejuxi.pdf
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/62511733888.pdf
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/nuvovufubiwiranoz.pdf
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/wopusikonu.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97b8e209ce---lofusenimivigowixojuderax.pdf
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16767045815.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+the+other+roots+of+a+polynomial
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/87879939522.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d99c.bin
4aacb6936bba385e9c64a41979a674876b61273411a843e1141d780a37df0a7d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99C 10952 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010ae4.bin
647d9ba533e87f3fec7cabe3f6f74f81aa7610049840d9c281bcea43c111d601
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE4 18964 bytes