Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dfd67f5f81cbd41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-08-20 12:27:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 04bc8487639e6d0ace75367171ae2989 SHA-1: 9b4c47cc286c06c5f6d8999b9c84859a7dc67a37 SHA-256: 2dfd67f5f81cbd41a8856397b33b9eeee6204a66948b63437dd5374f86d79b75
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/xanogadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f772qtk0o2c9s7s7jg0ljsjnf/55931645123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/begokojedudavegimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/15419947379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/jalekaxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okudshava.ru/userfiles/file/tagodivuwanabawojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotravenzolo.it/userfiles/files/gorilejofumof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c3cd5704e---1175318225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/24624497696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f64c477f88---48695020224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c20f1a3e2---kapepanotipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/17000964186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/rigigulegewuzoniwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/jumefasopewafuwowekazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d202325e60---wesofumaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eszixv.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaxeguzuwunisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safaposofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudrun.com/home/mud/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70409654550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/84537132758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/kopigedewodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/96092391622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2c2552259---rexuvizavomumetivipuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f1541c66d3135da6d311f94cc97273/gubegopane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+libro+desarrollo+sustentable+un+nuevo+ma%C3%B1ana+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fabc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABC 3744 bytes
SHA-256: afafdef8dd09735670858f2a5ac3bffec82a9c958a2554633745b616e2da1e32
font_01_sfnt_off00010942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10942 11476 bytes
SHA-256: 62cf3ed47813a45b961822ca7b8115495511dfcf9a764fccac01045e6f602fbc
font_02_sfnt_off000123c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013bd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BD7 18800 bytes
SHA-256: 36f072e12411aca6b45e321e0cdda4c64dc90b1569808549317d9dbd5bd61c38