Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eafed7d8106f251…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-25 00:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b2ef810f1db2e79a985c95940f66e151 SHA-1: e1908513c3efcba731125cbfa570a5e39eb9177c SHA-256: 2eafed7d8106f251dcbe24ef8ec4b144110aa1931ef91113cbc307fc0c21dabb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards a phishing or credential harvesting campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+rewards+8+ball+pool PDF link annotation
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f94a9abda0---52959812280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/39295335729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202109210532399298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d68de9506bad01fa3b2377398971d8cc/90363658896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhegazgroup.com/userfiles/file/18933111878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202109150418094333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210917060859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/64079701545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/co3a278svqk5gnb5ovmi4ck583/77582020430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.by/userfiles/files/mizobutoxetumibusomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5387qqdqc0fbfh7d0cigs7giv7/takevapoxikudejunefexoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plymouth-logs.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22325210792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisamerino.com/userfiles/file/mipisigopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e3914d0fb8---rirokotesiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presentkompaniet.com/img/content/file/87123204703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v63hd5ujfvlb9u3muhc765eor6/986638030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozcetinler.com/userfiles/file/tefavexevigufitaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noticiascgnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockycheng.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puvazalokisetumisopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/75618133910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brihat-group.com/assets/userfiles/files/11149234655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/tomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d90c377bac---jejolutuledukenidapezinaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/lubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/xekabizeluwijagexewemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sithome.com/upfiles/file/20210902192329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB536 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD48 14876 bytes
SHA-256: 2e14ef45d5a6cf5029ea995b24ccabc2d0c043eede6e7f99ec58cc0648c18796
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E8 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 9e9cd13f698f66edaffc729d9414cda27eec9f3d54314d21252b68c03ba0d52b