Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d22906b0f1329e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 23:45:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 911302a2fe9b2ceb431c8e45688a5502 SHA-1: 1a8b867b0d7196110fba410eadd2407cab7cd8b6 SHA-256: 2d22906b0f1329e04d7370b3b6a997ec49eef44ffddd14d7bca00040a26176e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and utilize formcraft plugin upload directories. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e23db9ca526---nemopoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/ruzitetepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/soketuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a19fe5dfc1---98786359694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/76182581353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/khcntc5po3i5fm8neil1o4he8d/2043748413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607013fb4a523---66829666191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aaebajlcgx.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/40838888037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d262ea36f144074cb7aa083eb487048/60302397031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/gutogovipubidugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/41094088933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/xiwafega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdb6314413---74163839837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horlickhigh61.com/clients/a/ab/ab3fb267cc30d45b98f460a20cee0b8d/File/35769317789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05baecb013fee2ec67641830170338d9/gigunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0d7347ee75---pomejudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/5058180754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/74882265578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7917f13ffc3aef82de148ae31b70a7/kesubupega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenshealthcarenp.com/clients/2/29/29a32d4da59f0b4eaa4573e1354aeabc/File/febejuruwitojuvazopilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasanmasat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88654404927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ski-valloire.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevatamepizetofuxovorufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609425f5046b6---visujapanarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e716e44b6027deeca0fa87ae4891a216/rugajaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=vampire+academy+2+frostbite+movie+release+datePDF 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_off00010ce4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE4 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 03bb470dfbb1670ef1bbf56a3c1e34014af7ccc185215985f2af6c933c5ed96e
font_01_sfnt_off000126a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A4 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 3ddf2443a0f2eb92ece829b88db798a7da647c4a01350048a08d44f887859162
font_02_sfnt_off00015556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15556 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1