Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d318f6ce071793f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-07-05 23:53:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: db0860960541069fe01bda00cb419d46 SHA-1: ed81d2e31218855bc55cf5ea45e9caa301428d02 SHA-256: 2d318f6ce071793fb510b7177ab50f476a48f7d0c3e1e0c7cbeb4a20493796c6
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URIs pointing to websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations and other disposable hosting. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, indicating a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spontaneous+pneumothorax+in+tall+thin+males PDF link annotation
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be0af2a6f5e1594eb236e889fb3694be/pemewuwemebemewiludexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/40964173860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/64796117178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/it8n4d85mj0bluimcjqtq554a1/gutalefojube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/pivubosuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacpartner.net/images_client//imagesfile/towedatetujafodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4fe4a8bdb3---69540188505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/7065705449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aed6f3dbe---3829479414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd81544aa7---6426480554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/jedeberukaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7fad30b6b---zazosilodudisesewadifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/26051156445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/26288133304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd31491f9505156cc186a7d4449acacc/vafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd97fddd50---37983041167.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/79668717870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbfd388f6189aafd0dc705e4482b232a/kobumezezumanaxikidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11621e3aecf0d4e804e0505fac23a00a/xisaguvabokilazapiboxeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607471a39519a---bopujemiseto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37863d2402---lorolipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/21197188114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099050933381---bojuxovenirubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f8977f98e---79643662344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/primary-spontaneous-pneumothorax/In 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11844 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 04103fd00c1e2200eb51e7ddd625c683e5e60d1e4a8232a089e3f3126c829e78
font_01_sfnt_off000130e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130E0 18364 bytes
SHA-256: d762eb3c74a598979660d9c1b7e9eab663f101f74e84571200526fc6ddbed384
font_02_sfnt_off0001601d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1601D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1