Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dc4dd234d66b669…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 14:02:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6f577f75a6cde1f9da2a3e46bbfbb825 SHA-1: c36418ef6a057d8be1d13735f3435351404fc0ec SHA-256: 2dc4dd234d66b669d969515a8f5db8ffa1b4422f305a937f8887c36598ae4b1a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=blackberry+classic+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098424612049---joledigebusixixoxoduvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edelstar-mos.ru/files/gemedukezijagovozusovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f06636bfc872f5d3c95c902632fb93e4/sogegaluvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/zogitukubavamuvatagafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856e9be8ec5---7181958464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/gokixirodovaxinila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760b1b1c074---wiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/vofelovuvisesuravitilune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/mufaxeputafolodok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/wulozanozemaduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1729b79f335d58c15c3dd7e74490025b/rujudowewewobifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c6f2e46dc---40352416500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/94329357987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6aea6765233389708cfc0f49c1ad37c/wijixolilizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86d91c23c4---14961318046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/65394635561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c5d207f2408be81003a753a25bfbdd/88147090493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2fd2a1768f---tuwukiwevuxanirudapedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608683fa08a66---jupokowigenitotoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/22730718906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1474b9814c---34583124303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51135c02b7---fezekebobiwofosogijabaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20851cc528---linosabemugunuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/24913991891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210616115905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/78735639120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62e259ad5db4f5db7ab8ce765545ed10/76938651366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF807 10672 bytes
SHA-256: c5729fe8cb235e6813de372f2ecc184bc43710439eb9ddf166322cd1868dc08f
font_01_sfnt_off00011079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11079 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 59c814835ab83424f9cc56b5ee7cc8a9f4ca9d33a68ef0d98f7a7254f8a61923
font_02_sfnt_off00013ca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1