Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef15555c0f890b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:59:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8b6938f785ee5212bea4ef6b6a93df4f SHA-1: 26d0c1dfe4bcb7d244c827ea28d7ddc302ca2f18 SHA-256: 2ef15555c0f890b1feaf77f56ba18111ff0ee16ee46cf105e695358de04de5bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing or trojan activity. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to external malicious resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tup61gnlgjv3nij4a6e4l213f/tibukep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/11187718978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40504255777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4fil3rr2dsfhjrv1aveum41d3/gaturiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv1kbb9uspl3vo6tg7qeq2c0hi/87683093471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/56864362192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161167701b9bf8---86449851481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/23206499942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9267759a5030794fd0037abcfeb38b7/57902944786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dfc06676fcab5eb0f86e8e6fceeb08f/jusolumupetejeboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m065psm53oom95offoe51dm490/banavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853cf483f5d---31861303766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/35312582461135e3f1e2a0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/gurizebewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/xemuvuxibawoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/42957746316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wyslijpaczki.pl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/file/muvasivirugofejisazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1267ac73457f33f91e90b7602fad44bc/52705548134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morard-mcf.fr/data/Files/nakupaxoxorin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/3873155386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bc881ffd1ea69a3ac55a66fb660e7cd/53529191826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/6887005845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/devexadoluxuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/zotoduvawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a642a2563cf---82674451443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/rigajidubiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/3533421599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+nadu+kings+history+in+tamil+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_off00011b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013341.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13341 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 7a1451f32536fcf34414727f6e41d835c1578b7587d032edf8ca264fa4b95049
font_02_sfnt_off00014ca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CA5 19264 bytes
SHA-256: 5ed0023c97780acfd92701a855290b1301ca362ea68099e4ff99c88dac92e57e