Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d1d9018b0ae3d51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:23:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 491baa3a85330374b0fa4fecd8a57b13 SHA-1: a0c5fea4d9f1ab56b7fb33445b387b2fed117e7f SHA-256: 2d1d9018b0ae3d51f9c4d854dfc7c7c3d65057fc9d611bc6ed8d7e2be8c9afb2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to exploit users by directing them to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+1+4+liter+to+cups
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ad418a3af41c27fba89a47157924a1/99171586660.pdf
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/3196377613.pdf
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a3e3f0ce3a9cd4619cbccc4d23a1311/77865977282.pdf
    • https://biovuspharma.net/userfiles/files/45964969313.pdf
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/nodososafo.pdf
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34e685789159955acf76428bb666ae62/15731452742.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088603506e69---20642551872.pdf
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/vuzofe.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a1206178c---64650924110.pdf
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lokaxajamewavemefopa.pdf
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0a7848285---70638941367.pdf
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e80abb465---56691475775.pdf
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/zinojajitavoze.pdf
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a4205d03eb5---62391308223.pdf
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/62077710158.pdf
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f17fdbcd838622de9a639e51f979f2/66926652002.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de61e025ee---povevediduluxi.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a3bc240f5---rugekiribebimados.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607534656fd66---tenurepefonidawuxelewanag.pdf
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1174f29149a2369614b5cc90f6ac3649/fumitek.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/57347163188.pdf
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/60218450422.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm137l53cnh04k2k39ars8n6e8/nubilabidabonutobu.pdf
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/vivegexutorivudojiva.pdf
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3670d5c240a35b2b0b57cb096cf1695e/66266790430.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_off0000db5c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f373.bin
75253a4fd3bfbc14831f688f87c9520e072fa55fdd4e1118d4569ce5188ccd9e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF373 10532 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010baf.bin
950fce7ba47f17f6b8141233e7bcedb9f6eff998b5dfdf7c52f429943bb98d74
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BAF 17408 bytes