Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e4fdcc1ff0cafcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:26:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7072e258bb69cea1a79160bd51fd749d SHA-1: 0ebdf7b84cb982856500104142869e96746dcb2b SHA-256: 2e4fdcc1ff0cafcc4a9efff06528d5c77f951b2e5e7779d9fb8301d8860e7ed2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external URIs and the overall structure align with a phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=c+language+basic+interview+questions+and+answers
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4mduqsutnh5r83p8dpiu3t1d2/firolokivosasisegaxeze.pdf
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8a565f49e---duxanigoduk.pdf
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73a5e64720341141fc130d00729e1628/guxovodogamurufodaf.pdf
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/fesitamuxijiguwubi.pdf
    • https://pacpartner.net/images_client//imagesfile/gejaxiwunogo.pdf
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb4016f63fb5daaba776898bd0504fc3/xakugo.pdf
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/tomorogaji.pdf
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba7a553145cf3a411fd7c8af17d1d45/20634349665.pdf
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/kugopu.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847e704e676---vogitimasimoxotibebixene.pdf
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942301184f4---62581133701.pdf
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/92371661897.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb9197b5561---85784565329.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/92193389760.pdf
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/11154752662.pdf
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3f03e4403---binewov.pdf
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/54173054080.pdf
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/dowusebazuvepatazaxawuf.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d9dc0d02b---devavekejesujib.pdf
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/96466988339.pdf
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be120cba2b---sowodejuvogeguxu.pdf
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24344675742.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c427968f9---pewanusudogo.pdf
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5d08d5d59---64856499829.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010f66.bin
9006780a12f7e9c593e1791c12a621f875272a75f59b53707e159443d79fd642
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F66 11116 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012903.bin
5e7b42f7f613e8dc00e9483d1cbc0ce91eaafd64e91199a8e1edb4f428db204f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12903 18072 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001581e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1581E 16792 bytes