Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d162e80ccb540f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

156.4 KB Created: 2021-08-04 03:26:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6d14282a3c49a41279901177ff442847 SHA-1: a88e5d91c3291fb9013da9b86f6004a9cd07c0be SHA-256: 2d162e80ccb540f59bc32f5cc4a89944ebc502d23d4e13d652285f5d72e247de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, directing users to download other PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing or trojan payload. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure for further malicious downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/wikuvivurusojabiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ad7141e13---22414216839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6resefmsn1c9ln58t3v7jr7jk7/mobusotiwuzigeraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbade4bfa0a---32309748207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcfcbc40380---fekikonodufababamovevixeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/26071455361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netdepphunu.vn/images/userfiles/file/568984063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///43831287672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2de98db514---rimuxirujixelibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cede51fc87---37002044542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59981ce2e9---vixukojodajumilogonedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e5ea940b8---81363998886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac96e2b4bb---59491858440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a051e203d6d1343b874f45873f6793b1/57623774575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.com/E/file/mijazelipakegukavove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a360e7bf79bed8bf0d7c4a0c8fdd2b3d/xilimojoluparilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/tefesolapotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/nudod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742844272b9---levadiverogopivuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b73527d3e1---33946584863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifakarafelusunivesokegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=vb+knowledge+matters+budgeting+and+saving+answersPDF 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_off0001fe48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FE48 19220 bytes
SHA-256: 149d19d78be546f4e2017ba23130ad1659c18667773d5d22940239f0b1d81a8b
font_01_sfnt_off00023189.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23189 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000249a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x249A0 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 50991c6f54e78c8af8bbe26efb5d967ca2905312b34987c20b26a69554b7bde3