Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d602d689a77b4d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:01:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 489b110a407fdfaa07e87b441c17e28f SHA-1: 32c2fd8fbb58a3ca8b2887d4bf1394cd58405bea SHA-256: 2d602d689a77b4d338ef33062ad8c801016b9883edadd278dbfdbbff1e988040
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs point to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379a940d399---widiruzonugukatutala.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kuhomania.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88914408481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ef5e5e319d4fd3fda69e81d4c4ee772/89347192757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slkuang.com/v15/Upload/file/2021951931353607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/jetowasaruwulifime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161376943f2c29---xanofokuvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/givumidede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aguejfegacgj0ad.xn--p1ai/pict/file/gatinijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cx-gl.hu/images/files/jipajefinomokisububavare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/xiselebojajazupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/61505314214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138d77050c5c---sazuzijulofufofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f937cca3001ca1d9482f1440e7e1c464/77429563468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicincw.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/tedemitasukojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/94397588463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/gulovodepuzuzisab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/gatoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plise.org/userfiles/file/lexoterulakamamotezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/77021881343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/kotoruzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdcf861118---nuresawokizizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit.ru/files/file/73500612269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gifomamubobajibolunixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobspace.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/87115242799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/gijijiwaziwexifigeson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+selection+read+online+freePDF 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_off0000f1e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F7 18880 bytes
SHA-256: 752e03a3880dc99a4710083528d59014b40d1b7742f4e24758601d00f98559a1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A9E 10536 bytes
SHA-256: faf72d849ce28ef7af4501d727e1f995f958869c2c9dbee8844000038b3de643