Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dccb4f1f10e012e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-26 22:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5604bb139e5f521d38147544337928e0 SHA-1: f6f9eb83fc3e2467550612d8cd75ea5179a8de7e SHA-256: 2dccb4f1f10e012eee1777ecad0b45be44c8847da5ca9c5e6a88e71fb3bfc502
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the hosted content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=non+assurance+services+examples PDF link annotation
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/6439796943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/91374049472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/13148465044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/29950052697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/31927821403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a49d56b205---jejavonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzmansporzeminkaplama.com/resimler/files/83511197892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cba8b08776---21476356208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recapress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39780251609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83837e443b1fe58b10750cb2e0987b83/runafagoforosujogamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/74169672478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/7683449037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/dufavoripuwiresesakake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/91125153940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ae990c32371d995fd91d1fb6378891/82720606783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125539a0d4fc---wudafazevufumarolitodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepozipekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd1c6597811ce7e6b4a2f3b6c68d3506/45455584169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/xeturuvukuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/gepefimereniju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/jidova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e8a1c54f9---74921945449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fdcb5d6b3---85874831805.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_off0000df2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f73c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73C 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 6d3c8fa32f9ead4d4e31d84d5e381a4996dbc0c353dcd8c166e16fef2a493159
font_02_sfnt_off0001230c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230C 10680 bytes
SHA-256: ec0fd7c24e51251108f0fb3e5220dc146b551df690df8aa930c15ec71e04355b