Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d07db88159b1abf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 19:37:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 952e7ffb7ab43e20774ff9ba726969e3 SHA-1: 71a855623d9bbea40c0e16c20077d049631a9207 SHA-256: 2d07db88159b1abfec777f22ee2200eb471fe2eb58e869d0f9e12f16a3bebfee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a PDF link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The presence of multiple unknown URLs further supports this, as they are likely part of the malicious infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08b05c0a0f---16415927731.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c46c116cb---funas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d3ec2aef4---2863821287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb447ce92c9---119984188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/42568522090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210623175234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/11458379008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/zetegixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19c92370c24480a1f7a96e085431569/wedadabukijikemomojatiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cd9442340---76707031620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f84345dcc8---83124539417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/88589689420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dh0v86vsrn3nht2333ase4v1s/mitozawetifupigalugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/57778257486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d22922b4bd---33532905918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pm0rpmeoslgpua460d54c63770/lapedemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ded46be19a46d9ef292b8f648f37845/8742316877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834f4cd265a---zudulobax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/rudosopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hjb17fq6o6gvktnfoq5drjbjj/tofewiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/tapamopibomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b8a2e5a57---88144152015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f9c21af0a41765c0c3c561abdaf16f3/2561038779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/37802950294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2dhvftqc8ufghkj677o47mjj3/xigubalabolaxivalujotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=braised+pork+country+ribsPDF 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_off0000e645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE645 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 5029ec249f2a169234fe4fe6fd703c57c38bae3f1c192e8d7fd5cc2c7e4938d1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA8 16924 bytes
SHA-256: cc4fca890b9e9ea55b9721ab12b5fd3ef4dc0d9b65c1785d9e070c18e85e6ed8
font_02_sfnt_off00012c10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1