Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e1167b735068d3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:17:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 789f76fdb9de00b90a5a8b1bfa5dfef0 SHA-1: 10c151095a3b2ca305205e16baad34f6c63a8d41 SHA-256: 2e1167b735068d3b61327ab429e3dc87e8523a84499997e172aee586b269fc11
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with many pointing to disposable or compromised hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9672

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 http://mrs724.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/6845210113.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/levigudamososetedupamif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c930705fa5c---judurivamisarese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/8489338143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/madonologonokonuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaskills.rs/files/kezomasise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/42932746243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guitarenko.fr/img/files/pumusozupejurajeliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzwgjx.com/d/files/xewixazejurodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/63923445226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityfate.com/files/files/46000910427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xafatamizipito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40f96edb952d4bf8f908112c3e5ebcc7/dimapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b92e65ddbc6---64065218174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/vutoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/41652420691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66ba0bce01af0d5a750f62a98761a657/bamute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be0b3f5a49e8f08e5585e6a6fc91e733/pumapulaxezoxejekozixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lineshare.net/upload/files/20210630210927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44fc396488---gegumufutugupeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cb60c6fcfc561e53da871b710b937ea/31796897114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/gokigozajetepatuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/17681732483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/4804602643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0625ad9bb050d58825d700c899d451cd/vutinipilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab201fc3af0be03c3f0596b0a0bdfdc9/rijifozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/jawuwisudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=negative+impacts+of+social+media+on+business+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://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_off00010030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10030 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 0dd1f78493e57c6b2180c567025f31be43f17fca33294f0e93075d1a995969bf
font_01_sfnt_off00012c8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000144a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144A1 11148 bytes
SHA-256: d2605a2527e2decb824e70509fa129975708d52e69ee0728c53696fb1f2d5106