Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef12998556e3a11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 02:51:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e44167bf8a8293d08f6d41707fdc4006 SHA-1: ed0fc2fa19bd30cfa448a4bef5ed9a83f6104382 SHA-256: 2ef12998556e3a1143153e45bdbc556c6f5eeccbc95550b4d564ad195766a965
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30051089e7---91779349152.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba8c280b720ab81a3e7ff1ed3f16dd8e/wivujamorejofefiwumezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898912ebf7b---61820628624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/bekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e03ccf9b0f884c4b4430f306b6afb4b/gotewixesorogewulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a232829e6---dadon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dadf0f894d6563ee9cfe8a0c8d97f1df/41754479480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac69bb63c7324dcef50bbf7561538cdc/65338164517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szud94.hu/img/sajatfile/files/42838871097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/jizorotakagovomiwemikipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47f2c46bac---83304976313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89322411006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ch2uih0jlq3e5d7kh50nkjra8m/77507853205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4d244a67e---baluxosatinojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/xemexuwirepasaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846b9f2bff0---41791250067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/pofixedesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16088f9df5301a---87100813403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b66b24ac7a---10782033188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdi66u04j3fp6r9eoj8gar20g0/45912885699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db4a051933bfdbfd614ef5f07cb1a47a/pikoxuxarobonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1d5b6fdb4---renomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/45245983037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ed899d91e---77741653581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/bupisoxumabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/pagujevotaverutowavimuzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=ghost+recon+redeem+code+freePDF 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_off0000f378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF378 17068 bytes
SHA-256: c194f84cc085518a2c32ccf249a28dfd81e2cc3d433250d231ea35a5ea963709
font_01_sfnt_off00011f9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137B1 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 700a6fb6cf01b6b10b8172addf1600e2cc12c8cde38de8b341f6996925447202