Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d1b5047eb61ca38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-08-20 11:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 107fc8967d4f687ea75563a886873e79 SHA-1: 47f875921745e54f0211cf74cbe8de437f53c140 SHA-256: 2d1b5047eb61ca3831d8a93c5f8dce189b707783bc1b66a1ef3df4d7064d1df0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, possibly for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=musica+de+jaimito+el+diablito+de+la+amazonia PDF link annotation
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbb8796207---xagitonagikesotebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9d2b337c4---mavuxokerodavisofolovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29db58e040562f9657c2c9aa84d800d6/fetarusikixekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95e8b9e4e5---86654243986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860fb2dab1b---22768861147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/93437411096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accounting789.com/ThImg/file/68778329865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/78779135655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/45310427377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/9842284114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081047f8c509---jakinuraxerapozaxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7262e77c64bc780732952f5e3a72342f/16324779388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/xivoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40k8n8p0ohogesqa8q8jdb66oe/wafategubuwozirudes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5b5rf6ijprm3pd5g5buvfe8ij/fufofafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandartsindex.nl/images/uploads/76656945409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb2a3ecde4---35673411891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a63b5e92a---18169461146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/55150488158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210614_095249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealhca.com/admin/images/file/lipofemukitoxapumipej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://towa-aaa.jp/userfiles/file/mikiweni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e937be61ad4f0c83efc076ef2d242356/wasexovegijupapumozusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/58803498586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c36c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC36C 16944 bytes
SHA-256: ef0329dac4803480f2d6f4d9e9c4ba3aed2817dbf0857a17f9b8becfccd91a33
font_01_sfnt_off0000daba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDABA 16536 bytes
SHA-256: 9ec6bc068d2c1895f37fa3767831685051a69efac443e4c0fb16608ab566400b
font_02_sfnt_off000104cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00011ce3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE3 10856 bytes
SHA-256: bb1c8fa848fc01887391aa71f5e84f7705643bf3084b42f2125d449d0e7963fc