Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e06f760880b3543…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:24:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 16e9ff4643cc5bb8d56f461e83131ebc SHA-1: 74711f117c23ae606fb9847428b68772e652693b SHA-256: 2e06f760880b3543aece3de19ea23f9e2e6a66230a253457d3313ae71f23d38f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, specifically identified as link farms hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The malformed stream length heuristic also suggests an attempt to obscure malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9d72c55ce1---gezuxebebigupomupabudarol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents//files/51101785254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/sitamuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804647c1939---74807664402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/72562803238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074492b09c05---sedefapuvafeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vkv1kvk1puunhbnqnisijsnd2/jenaxugapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d10f955d6---71769641429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f108be60e235a3decc97fc393969fa4/luxevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/zifaxaxerelunafuvisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55295178538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11f7ca85bd---xibusazubexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wamesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-22/20210722114316949286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119eeb42f4b9---muponuxogipawilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2tovd4v1mvjc298afslraks7/bunigavox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91578502070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/19419318860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607764a9be510---74581347426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tensoinox.com/userfiles/files/91870463704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.ca/upload/editor/file/6759856337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/5051141687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/kirizixijeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cabf0a0b7e---41152048484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=spearfish+sd+to+devils+towerPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE549 10716 bytes
SHA-256: bf12138f4f388346640ea7f41953ec0a8905088718c458e968861bfeb9d2c255
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE08 18208 bytes
SHA-256: e39ab9861d9f65b5a5978d0f08ea933480ae0daa5dd389e78e9b60a7e379f769
font_02_sfnt_off00012d0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1