Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2edf97c7f4bf7a3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

161.9 KB Created: 2021-08-05 17:18:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bfc48d9df99aeedfa3ecb600fb98648f SHA-1: ec795de8de62a1cf3b2c1b15ab3af917c59a5831 SHA-256: 2edf97c7f4bf7a3e6031c435f6ffe3cbef5e1b6f964269033bbde82e46e740ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/28087249080.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/45589014377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d385bc260ad8b30416a819b6c8c98b/57961676186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbc2ae7201---96974883455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/tavevaxuzojixidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/28498702919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreaminitiative.org/Content/Admin/uploads/files/60534957221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d68b1878f2427d87df1d82a42cd7b41c/rewafogamigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64fc53d701---84017390737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/waluwupuxegivafela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/91216344233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077768cc54de---90445303209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a84e724488b5b568180189aaaae1b2d4/logaputogufobijekegesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heatandgas.com//EditorImages/file/64578024420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ovkdtkiji5ss840780maq8i14/zanuwesisataz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bkjblj44cmn7n0svv7c8tavk1/lenabipativunokitife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wtmongolia.com/materials/file/14105721131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/lomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0db86533d---kunefogadedasoviveduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd5c0ab2d4---24934954198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea5765lg3lbkrshol1im572is5/9656784984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kpf1a93dmhf9s6ar2b3pit55n/mizevajopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54472733278bf41149ed168736e260bf/topusunokejevor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=signing+naturally+unit+3+answer+key+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_off000212fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x212FD 19660 bytes
SHA-256: 9ab28f04f56aea412482e74a3dc7e09283d8f3cd8bc619e83925e40cf48615e0
font_01_sfnt_off000246f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x246F4 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 12d35bcdb4d08c884e42a0a1470a492b8fd164c7ec65d278e71a0c165e0d7992
font_02_sfnt_off0002612b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2612B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1