Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e394a1aca21e91e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-18 05:58:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6a18e6bf7e539017fb584e271e61e411 SHA-1: 4b03b3f37192d7b500c73191c4327cfceb9fbfb4 SHA-256: 2e394a1aca21e91e5f2237beb373f351304f714f208a28eac3aa84a16e7dd700
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise, leading to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24e35032361c630535f9d34d22807d3/jomupoxejodinixemikis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c22e461128---11513713218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d42455796f---23883223913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/39329061682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/62282532266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/5838931351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d661e462ea---renerub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06938ad23cefe52467f1292376966c81/79261052586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cade939dc05---tulanusakirolexawabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/35499980144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e29256f03ea---74753371116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5cf14a0463624fae3e9a9d5b9dfedfe/32584447313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821e9a76b61---pilikubofijupuzipusaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/29061949359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088329b9694e---90324876412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/175e6733448226498bd5fd7eb2b9970a/12094061891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdsale.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazonewanonukalatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yucekalipmakina.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/fekozubobazobufog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11071374971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/4859355175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f54fb90cb6---kokasugafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8njg7kb1j0gonbarnbqv0co0l/japekazazikixajogepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a486c7b887f---bisamedikikolifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/50360569224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+a+knockback+100+stick+in+minecraftPDF 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_off0000da25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF232 1740 bytes
SHA-256: 07af91d03519a0a505b73abf62652fd20379d1466922ebc21a500b9d7eefeb08
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA73 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 19b0bba8d06eb61129b8c22639012d0b4566164d40c5eeb05cbd5a44ed9b2a5e
font_03_sfnt_off0001147a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1147A 20652 bytes
SHA-256: 561959bc06401036180924b9aa339b937a37fe88d971dca31fa143456975df5c