Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d6d61698aa02978…

MALICIOUS

PDF

156.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 09:02:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a6fd99845b8e6e4030810fb713c859d8 SHA-1: eca9ddccd677f24ee4c1fd8b635c8f643df3be89 SHA-256: 2d6d61698aa029784d78e053970b1af1b680190cb4b9789d6afa3754753ef567
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drili2s7us46g68jfsdon54pl6/47793606062.pdf
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a81a60928f45b7714856582c66940450/40119451264.pdf
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/48612366027.pdf
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074186cbf138---lajipalopupefudoge.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1406470a7d---zupavozavinegozexufi.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4em5f9oljnikrsanvvhcbeielm/japirozepifopopogu.pdf
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/83175523043.pdf
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7p9j7s0hvgaqushd4umu7hr1h0/74159825045.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/59418974355.pdf
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/ganivasopo.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc4f9884376---wavexef.pdf
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/24871325390.pdf
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/venepogutag.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed0a93f001954413c97992fac4140cd/78157095999.pdf
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e2d3f3264284dde88a79c6bb669b11c/dizofebegopotolivade.pdf
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3fjpcflcebe1jjb49jln2tmb1/6012017361.pdf
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/puxexet.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ie06f7avvmtn6bd8fqts662kik/pisosojuwipus.pdf
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/356da64b7432e90690138419ef8ee7ab/fukudate.pdf
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/vadejavovevuri.pdf
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d541181c6---71341683802.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=phonetic+transcription+of+words+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_off0001f403.bin
405bf9abba95811210c640bc1558e9d4bff828bc46d04f810e13c486dcbb4971
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F403 10756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00020ccc.bin
99b61e9ba0a36f1b03fd60faaef509cd438cd0fbab7c84d73fe38f87401d2833
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20CCC 24772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00024cf5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24CF5 16792 bytes