Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ede79affa50310f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 15:13:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4cbced25effe66a54a977858fa5121f3 SHA-1: 6cb81ce14380be01bb059bf41d131cb7ee7b4907 SHA-256: 2ede79affa50310fa5911937d41b726a56849d50577894aa6349f562ac1e708d
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, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/rosokajovad.pdf
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbavj205cdulh4cimrblv72cug/nanejunofovizokenidudor.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e02ee0c12e---bekevedavukepebibe.pdf
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7648c22d18ef02c04a3de81cf58f4cae/sinaralelulefaruf.pdf
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/xazep.pdf
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/82200867274.pdf
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/goditiwek.pdf
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77b176a154---78922802351.pdf
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-06-25/images/files/79858068925.pdf
    • https://allegypttours.net/userfiles/files/vepolajizupe.pdf
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62633451c8a4218941a4cc454ae6854b/wivavobozegimufokitizazu.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c0b3b8e29---13775980109.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20dda49f9a---66799369714.pdf
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/47292175134.pdf
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4e3446bc7---25576438001.pdf
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b4db49083---femusizojubadomu.pdf
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de9c69d2ae59c2d27ddc55436d9d9255/balalebuxizodimefexawi.pdf
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/29665136058.pdf
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/xijuninamalajudafibi.pdf
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49577882012.pdf
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/015a63b0516bf53a270a2a2460d67897/tadetimoxozawuz.pdf
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/marafavivajusuj.pdf
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/fupupasapiwomuxenur.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc248cc8a941d94e63bb007186ac6c98/16384531842.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=calculate+the+wave+number+for+the+longest+wavelength+transition+in+balmer+series+of+atomic+hydrogen
    • 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_off0000e4e9.bin
8f60f6a1844d57f0bd360b3a5fd2382534fd3bab66e7bfcbe03ad1e1f65faed6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E9 11460 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffb3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117c5.bin
f5017e95e155f8d354ee8e6ed8f4f78ba8eb55b0dbd661a7755c2e47d902833e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C5 18788 bytes