Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef529037f417dbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:31:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5a6e3e6fa5b13e29ae90ebc103533e02 SHA-1: 0fe4d1ee3efb02fbb651739e526eff86352b5aef SHA-256: 2ef529037f417dbf2c3a6ef54b6e30d61a8c8b56b042e0f70b2abe2b4b638e19
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and redirect to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=elementary+differential+equations+boyce+10th+edition+pdf
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d891ac959---55000194641.pdf
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83370ea6d3e276af480eb06e76bd55f9/pidafalerejixineliboduj.pdf
    • http://areaengineeringsrl.eu/userfiles/files/buvawevokitozoxiba.pdf
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e8df78e3b---88135343289.pdf
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16122900bed314---35651260680.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6adffcba27---wemomajarizodipoxavo.pdf
    • http://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210807_8896BE8790D4C8FA.pdf
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/bifavevedofiwesoxixa.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06ad049d108adddc07589bdc0c556b96/jijolegofuxerikoruvemuw.pdf
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/89795403639.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abab492c40---fovigim.pdf
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/84685512271.pdf
    • https://poulinstrapscan.com/userfiles/file/tedibivegowev.pdf
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/17669387392.pdf
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfc66b560cb4a790e92368f3d47f4175/56502498881.pdf
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/niwumatemasufexudigomaze.pdf
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767e417fdef---pajukujojopupitigi.pdf
    • http://sobsai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72613271017.pdf
    • https://rajaketiga.com/contents/files/84007129752.pdf
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/42569902550.pdf
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/82165123183.pdf
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/tofolowarizupubavuwi.pdf
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/30591521480.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_off0000d2eb.bin
0c8d639d99d909043bb4cbe9a1ba38b8eecdf85802758e89a5c87e2dbe5cc546
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2EB 17432 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010056.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10056 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001186d.bin
4590789fbd4053008ad0d3bd892d28234d44269970f446743e61f1e7a97a84ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186D 11544 bytes