Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef30ab29688b242…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:13:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c706191a9f51dbc106b736cc749604af SHA-1: afd841be88b69ea7a5cdb9f6ed5d7260b553cbaf SHA-256: 2ef30ab29688b242023eef96db55450d64fa775cdc44eb2d9607be98aca79dfb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF 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 embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, aligning with the 'Spearphishing Attachment' and 'Exploitation for Client Execution' MITRE ATT&CK techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9787

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=us+history+regents+questions+and+answers
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcfa61cbde---sorazab.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13c2dd2a7f---gokefupofepegipopizuzumox.pdf
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d0f206b2bcf67b2e1e669dfa31f510f/4679522605.pdf
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c798048844bdcf048ca193dae481c778/9700236231.pdf
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/34915084969.pdf
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/52671204865.pdf
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083acddbf77c---10625699995.pdf
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dec8fb84e1e4f5f098304f93335421db/beruk.pdf
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce337eae722---31247720978.pdf
    • http://bangdinhphucat.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/56669827054.pdf
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ea944280e---78664831492.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0tvgjouqes2fkb9lha4m74nl7/xomozosod.pdf
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/63115898516.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22930cd0a3---kitexegigeki.pdf
    • http://smartarts.bg/userfiles/file/60586728801.pdf
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d11bm9ob0dpfvhlgi87ft8ikd/nusosusekigixuxojozo.pdf
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a09142526---zunolata.pdf
    • http://cohensevents.com/clients/74638/File/tizixuro.pdf
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosugupupo.pdf
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sspk1k86mvqtlo72a3o5fig39q/64441097236.pdf
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/sbsisnew/userfiles/file/xerumoke.pdf
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/14779665049.pdf
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a33593ee1d5a9fbd64e135f3461cba64/36569702919.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95702573207.pdf
    • http://logansport1971.com/clients/4/42/424235dfd0fdcd2d3cc2afd1e16bb83e/File/39824862427.pdf
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8966f861f342a4ca0fb8d21eca4e7916/7468131488.pdf
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/mowozotide.pdf
    • 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_off00012c03.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C03 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001441a.bin
6f45d5d41bdaa2ac504a789904657a808be1318b6db5a77da52ad23eb4bf4d51
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1441A 10936 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015cfa.bin
adc9fe3af0ef5cc3e1498f230c553fcf719f45d5fb3fa934839ac328214107c2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CFA 16968 bytes