Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d949e7ec0dcd614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 20:58:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 810e9e33d3925ca2cd0141ce2bf376a7 SHA-1: 39b9bff56af98ca26b1f4f2e8858adc2550a354a SHA-256: 2d949e7ec0dcd614be3b375a4e4ef98cf6edfb13db85dcd887321d081ca7129d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or exploit kits. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/vorufiwesewijapibexokogu.pdf
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bcc58da956---dolaje.pdf
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/5196643428.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d0289eb374ea8f3ca87827c51cfbe1d/75531534786.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0ed1bd3b62e3cf5220be92dbcd04ba/50761416056.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e84485ae06c3fead9a9745e2879e8576/zelakanorom.pdf
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/padata.pdf
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pobisonopoj.pdf
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607f133634785---5238993565.pdf
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/80459104242.pdf
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/4851920846.pdf
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55nq2fviqmmumv4nl8pl1mintn/16976412648.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ca5250a1ab4951da18157a9262bd38e/44702466452.pdf
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d477ed23a6e04713a86872da5fce31c9/wilafotikaduzugadiwebomi.pdf
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f929dcd0e6ae0aaf800352333d7bb6d6/27606024524.pdf
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/wozoredisasage.pdf
    • https://rux-thai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutulazu.pdf
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6faddc976fe3c11a4a5b44b7ddb9e4a/sisazikozunijopewa.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a592b45816b---29050305527.pdf
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/nonigiduloguwilofimufibe.pdf
    • https://fwullong.com/upfiles/editor/files/tudivigetuzemususa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=chlorate+formula+and+charge
    • 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_off000123ca.bin
ef1e3f06cdb190fcb366f0881ec5c7bebe9fba5ce2db763f5883b6dfa09670c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123CA 19496 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001572f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1572F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016f46.bin
ef7843c1ccf8cdaf77a7c78f1eb72958047dfc422d93532e8edb9451dd552841
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F46 10792 bytes