Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ec3af4b8b57bea6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 05:52:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 4ca0c091139e1d1ba01127bc17e3ccef SHA-1: 9caaf1c154bafa9ae6354791e3941805cd26523a SHA-256: 2ec3af4b8b57bea6bcaf016ef96ab49562b268f6c82ab9d7fd4c96a0af7e30f9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites. The PDF structure suggests it functions as a link farm, directing users to external resources. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/xaxolejumotimivelegor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/37916364181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/jonimulemavolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41bbcf1901ccdfb21dbc808d2200a7ad/93237599163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb5a76a67adbac087d8dcf1243584454/71811658751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exlluprimebrochure.com/ckupload/files/84560577136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/rigukufemofumufatawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba21b382731---divepuwesevum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.vn/uploads/files/79183128228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4d5f9b8e7---lelorinapixutubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b2491732600---39684101105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4dc935e686---65155103842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f5e11f790---35544759806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1f83a3466---lekubigefenej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/46725779183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467a3e37d2b555591dbee1d1f49f76d5/muwogiledonarirekuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/037fddd89e9cfb4849809322abf5d6e2/filodosolibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/tupopisiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-4/20210804084332784764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfa1928724---21931539515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/85851398320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/33297288956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ram+bhakt+hanuman+katha+mp3+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000cd91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A3 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 1e0418228196023ded01d17bf1cf224537cc94a510f59306e7f9f9f3655b9e64
font_02_sfnt_off000112a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A1 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 39c85e5b57cbc43386ddb9d29b9caf4d8e001982fbe07f364f5f029df82f9f02