Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d70b6dfe12e95f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 16:49:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ca17ae4d7e498fd48d876e354e274bf9 SHA-1: 3a32bbc431f7ee0f1536dffd48e782299c83d185 SHA-256: 2d70b6dfe12e95f1999dbcedf5be17e7a698ffd4372198fc1f8dcdae6fa4f81f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites. While no executable scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest an intent to lure users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1612f1e1e6a64f---13494206120.pdf
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/39600884871.pdf
    • https://gibidesign.com/fckfiles/file/kalizuzivupevoxo.pdf
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/nunubekide.pdf
    • https://ags-car.60km.com/upload/files/48890965116.pdf
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paviwiwetamo.pdf
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/13861002048.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b9cb91530---wemixotugadiw.pdf
    • https://a-guskov.ru/uploads/files/49972867230.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6jpd218greq8rt9tnev8453bkk/wabite.pdf
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/33213271897.pdf
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukizugijudoz.pdf
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/zutuwamuselevopedum.pdf
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_DB0554FDE4C1C8AE.pdf
    • http://parkingparts.com/Upfiles/file/11750317284.pdf
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/xuwidozepukibugosa.pdf
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/misapobo.pdf
    • http://technimexvn.com/images/ckeditor/files/26730251459.pdf
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/1631714837.pdf
    • http://ajk-opakowania.eu/upload/fck/file/ripaxopatode.pdf
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/163147810233.pdf
    • http://myrbacken.se/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexijiwowunudivi.pdf
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/butopuw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=apps+to+unzip+files+on+android
    • 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_off0000e6c3.bin
656f4a1172bcb4c9cc5229bd96d5ee19960b58891e5a31b88450b7897948b7db
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C3 10632 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff4b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001175d.bin
f529e0787605619a9180f71ff08a0a031f4d1bbae34b04ab6b10b39779c08ec0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1175D 17276 bytes