Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef40b2c6d7310ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:51:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 642fc0b5acb32e56f4261be76f7863ba SHA-1: fd1d0499f5627253e1ec841ece74ba0f781d611b SHA-256: 2ef40b2c6d7310ad6fd89e1586a5edc88d19c7a7e11f2f74830da7e54be0cb82
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially malicious files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document's structure as a link farm, combined with the use of compromised CMS uploads, points towards an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://pratiklinik.com/img/userfiles/files/lakarug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/mexafejiduxapeludode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613299d0c8105---50115630932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b121b223acf---bakubabigotuxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/daresisowufopebiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd146f3b19---pupirojowakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/4543854455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattuxaydunghl.com/userfiles/file/kuzopinuwaweragedigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66dc535df71efca41faabb8c34edb419/26490458990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcfc88d36e0---zolop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/76823613105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/93200517008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/35115578546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1stolresbucslmn5mq49uk7hg2/pilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/buxaxaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/31249220095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37e7f0eb7d4a330062ee23af07a3b039/80644813384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/97154923017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/28924488994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5d979a45eb510aaec0c1b87070a2c76/widupixedoridatimoruwiket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/zazonadowokopinujavaxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/gexumonagixakubogovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d3e907423---70268216742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nato07dvor1b42mur8qs9tsd03/regatazikonijubovebuban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=convertisseur+pdf+en+image+en+ligne+gratuitPDF 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_off0000c549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC549 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 7d1400786c2460f7d6ec3e6ba0de4416e12164222ba53f444936503ad6af84d2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ded1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E3 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 40bc38746152c202414b7173b2555049d176c88b172a99f7440a9c78d47a25b7