Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d4bc2ae642e69f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 21:55:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: eb730e2225ddf04fc2102c91fb7887b6 SHA-1: cb91691d00b0fbef2116beabf500980b19c1bc5c SHA-256: 2d4bc2ae642e69f33b734e2101480d95f678076629668cffb28ad99b74c2d967
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The file contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links and the overall detection profile strongly suggest a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/effbac3d2b4e90770b14f879dcf16cd4/wedumu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a87a6b8560de97e18383baff93f6f7e/moxakos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/23265657244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608366932cd1b---20489137917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83fb32b0323f9d2b3730f59f822b1a4e/35398915296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eed6f73eea9779a04b8eac2ba764aba/54458818299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210602155412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/powenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824d967f686---86948107857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/294f7bc598344166308a9c294a11a949/wufibedifena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3c0251be089e592cd69d218283f4e91/57009197005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072659cc207e---muwumewizojitobodorolexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608767099b4bb---gerixatizipulew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/48107179361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c81ed5a0de---78846752041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a244be6a170---93786707237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/wojudofobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9548b7da741a698dfbc1b2a071ac5a00/wimuzutojizejerital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/vanakujudowotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/tazebejogubademelabosivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867dd67baad---wodedipobav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/napizubogola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984407af7d6---98793376251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4388benok1aa2vr4ka2cjfh3o4/monikipidikalovefufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+lab+physical+and+chemical+changes+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_off00010557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10557 11212 bytes
SHA-256: ae817dae1721c9fb68a695a92a08b795c18a65f4591910b737fc308035219e12
font_01_sfnt_off00011f07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F07 17168 bytes
SHA-256: a384557e18a9968bfa6a2d25d4e814565d4ba140ac0448921f88839163add948
font_02_sfnt_off00014c25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1