Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2defc1c4105f6a23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:50:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f3e003376d5cbda0ff5975754821cee1 SHA-1: c7175f6054f1cc9cee7014bc108b74602c1eb9f0 SHA-256: 2defc1c4105f6a23ec235b382120e4bce0fb2f38d3fb5ea0ce8d911a39a23c42
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware delivery scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wish+and+if+only+grammar PDF link annotation
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/witawitajotiravoruvabaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf26141a6---12466972398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pum1oi3ihh3n818vptg7kstph/62675452921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96199717578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/gavuxomekugakegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa31fedf5ce---55410601541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3a0d9c9dca8056eadee192ebd35f6ca/lexipinaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/29441656672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608244246471c---11450442211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/16349376596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609595ac12acd---63644262892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd99279abb---mijevexapezosaligibul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/99635028474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94e322a54b---82092321948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02c119d6f4317736ce765adf253ac2e7/86978533976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81563d6d84c8b96f1f4c84f332653f25/15073398197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b99e71a63---jadivewokifaruvajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/mafikerisavovixek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6aafaad39---48219561961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607076b0bbefe---39697869991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fac63c2c1---wajuzufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/arehap94n6dags2v21sfop7fcg/55676128010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d246cc7d1a---32838118796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/suvawarerozidezejive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/2446303346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0bb850382---xojobikabepofamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/gobiwokovebiba.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_off0000f0a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A4 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 21f063cbef7ff14126bd7952cc609825f0fb86e7d27a43826cf471551a3aa79b
font_01_sfnt_off000108a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A8 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 7d9bd5831fbb4ce46191f638eefbdf20c1a67997356610acb7ba3643b08fb12d
font_02_sfnt_off00013674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13674 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1