Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e4c562167c12838…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:59:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5454f2a8c3e7c55042c944fb42005140 SHA-1: e2decbc5747e847e2d1ba2c939e6e61d7e1060c3 SHA-256: 2e4c562167c1283833c0dcfa0458e839f6d7266243e28d3f11e2cae7b9c5895f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the heuristics reveal a link farm strategy designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0505a4db6---ligovimokibapapisor.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d4f8d5dff---20843155942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pjteam.hu/uploads/sosegepamagonefudotozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210709175311666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5c7567b97---lovosesedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/lofogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d2cde88059---67440948071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba16a7cd4f---jazuxali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63966429828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17e2eb70342c1fd04426c2271aa4238/dusofufusirigox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81fdmmpf4o3lp9ptm5taiod1p1/61005465057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4a7bc7471b2028b8f3d291be128f7c/74396263754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5adb9f3fd---favufenakofinoruren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hp2k23bcadsrcq322gd4koct56/tabefasiligenexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4dffc4498f---lenekejotidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/fixotagajonubuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89479154231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cmrvf9q3sqvmph3ps8ctfdt4t/90390515001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a53d5fb7b32bb385f87eff6042e7a8b/32984455775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/83770897173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miketiwujolesewujavogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indolabtek.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/42807389858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/bepaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6h998rn59hdtjt1pm8bo0l3gos/10514285293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forepic.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/nironefulovuvenodumifomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607372a8a6b90---99419134550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc38b9e1367---wekuvogirazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=characteristics+of+wastewater+treatment+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD582 16888 bytes
SHA-256: fcc5790a1b4adf735a03fe7fbebe201e07df4fe62623b74beac2c1cbecefbefa
font_01_sfnt_off0001005a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011871.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11871 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 780b8d16e5ed9c50cea3fe7288c369c8f219210a0153e53befd6f655292c9108