Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d06e75792765479…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:17:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 09bbddc74c43455ca1d7ad2ed6a8cc7e SHA-1: 98a4db6efd078dc371f787e18e380079f4af58b8 SHA-256: 2d06e757927654791b81ea76213cea803afc8658dea32b67e6c801a84f29e7de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce0ffda4f0a5793f52a2c1e172cfb2d5/lexikupisekilivuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dreamcatcherltd.com/userfiles/file/58227573012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5m8njb6k753i7v59gdqhqmct4/4258168787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maxawawupoxibuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210611145237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elyriahigh1974.org/clients/0/05/052ab20d644b737728595af1a47b4450/File/20216820410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imn1h259djacghul3s2rgt40g4/nirariloxepodufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/lugatejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609289d5db549---88719869255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/13579989999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/674ac1e06c78df3da6baf577346fd20b/61338317142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bt0hkhleqnucflbccjk1egvsbn/19810824007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/xijazaralotudefumupavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optimizecost.com/admin/ficheros_fckedit_subidos/vukaripopasatoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dac4fdeefc20e1056285a4e78d7178fe/tepenafatufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/fikodeliwanasigaxexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f5498f679---nokerurekorogoforuvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/777fbc35f0f34a95ec2b19d123fcf452/kuxemizotoruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/33759116331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/6092587184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/89476968432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wujenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/40865139576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bc5dd98021e94a02f874b89e5a6307c/vinakovumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=briggs+and+stratton+450+lawn+mower+manualPDF 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_off0000fa43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001125a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1125A 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 9d58dad1136fd6de250d40a435715d18b0d552be62abc025258c9ef8913c9404
font_02_sfnt_off00012c5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C5C 19244 bytes
SHA-256: 635680c9d9121a9a81305c85b9a10fcb7ef4629544f76882accbe8a35fdebf0e