Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef6f32701d2a675…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 15:57:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d6e79c439bfceb89e040804ed36e8d42 SHA-1: 0103f3400c7a2fcea9e3b693ea1123b714c7b1c8 SHA-256: 2ef6f32701d2a675b045ca628fd403d3cc432d017d7e2df903372a980e157ac5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'link farm' heuristic suggest the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3i37dp6ujkvu1otr5h9f3h39d/dafugujex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/43717807980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/4917249210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljuboori.com/userfiles/files/88178938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8a0bb428cc---60695737233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db8c7e428487d9b5a7ce3f75c636f971/24885065075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5a023e0732773aa16d9699c0e0261d5/36555595501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandlynxotic.com/clients/7/73/73cf6ae24f8ea70eb1cbac1dff6b0f9e/File/wixobigajusupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd6a69883b0---51111281791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starke.ca/clients/84205/File/90947614599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/pijefemodumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/vewekusenatenutane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/nutatosuzonejizewodeposa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/37777279604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/1978846276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd91f0effd4---jafupofopalivajujuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/vamelikugixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/900b093884427a2403fbeea0d86b807d/12938937819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/29694076100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/bejutunokobuvidukikewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fc41d3b125daa21d404945d9e86d912/mefurepimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mrf2lpo626b8qau0ljtj9soc4/53770354791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=t+flip+flop+theoryPDF 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_off0001202c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001383e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383E 17692 bytes
SHA-256: f01e7001e90f1a8e5a61602f399b718069e7b6d50b3329b363db914e80c764ed
font_02_sfnt_off0001668b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1668B 10096 bytes
SHA-256: e5480c03c69266dc2560139da91d353084927bf9fab8d3784a2484e6417ab146