Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f20727a0d72cc85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 19:14:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 876677ddb4e87680c8dcf976ed65c4ad SHA-1: d04795cae212f216f01a2395f71951f45907f9df SHA-256: 2f20727a0d72cc85d9497d2862eff45548fda25b8a649ac5f7eedd39351b56c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e86ce1389b---nixewun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebaf80d70a---88781770237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/10072508849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915c46844da---jinokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadd-asso.org/userfiles/file/2792100574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7d6469177---rotipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/kakilikodutupigizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v25b4ldvofm7i9g733dqlvdu59/weguniminumoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songiadabinhphuoc.com/upload/ck/files/69912902263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/wusupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b61a8872a7115c0553ae12d0255801f9/33735971424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/12909167755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d45e023e1---pazolexamapajikidowufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/74095226204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1499ca2ba4fd5f0c7ecf483cde5e4e/5282992460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097944f4f4da---82812421195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854668ba70a---50480582516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1ccc420a9---51042981748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/28220295160c2bf7155752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sehhtiuomlrobh22itcfju03k3/8795273192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a11d255a33f80de4c68a7a9e4ec8f9f9/39707075123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/85322974202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hard+star+wars+trivia+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000f550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF550 17892 bytes
SHA-256: ba07966805258b3a8b6b249a17e535b2ed6637de95fb6c4d1ca11983c67ee04a
font_01_sfnt_off00012423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12423 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 09cd2412455565a3131639b97a1d57106de2448a935eb59c916d214b6327fc6a
font_02_sfnt_off00013c3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1