Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f2b3a39646a6daf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-22 00:29:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 88618e77da7fe93737275b5d5d43d8aa SHA-1: 9129575639db9e7c2fe48403f9909556677245b6 SHA-256: 2f2b3a39646a6daf786755fa32d5ff4d26140512a057724a6f0428dcf2df445a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample 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 URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of a download button lure reinforces the malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad08695892---rirogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a27113521bd0f86085da7f4de28fe655/60230801473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071be16a8a55---82853328691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julietlandau.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zepiwomezudap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ec57a48e8---51038445457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepapegesuzevugujimuxobud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/66564374742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e5l0r48kkfmmssj4eto2das5q/23711330510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7tl674eh58290ltc6im2t9hu6/pitiwexaxuzewatasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-6/20210506165720980786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conviviodihera.it/dati/upload/file/motapojamenilogodezozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecc5ae3d12cd7bbc009553c92ef422b9/38004485161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/br9h51qe8nehtcdcljhhcl1jsu/viwomiwufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pactforfamilies.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32782147231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74045470974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/41737771890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/27484713192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927acf4d7f3---xulinovuxiruduxujupuvijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f3db9022930115a4f2b7c3ce3b35c55/junifoxevuposi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tusenfotingen.nu/anvandarbilder/108/files/8829165367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4e9b6bb67---24152437323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srub-servis.ru/userfiles/file/budijuxifekema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925cdfc7c33---bafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomacanthe-art.fr/imagebeforeafter/files/zelumazuzosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=buddhist+book+sinhala+pdfPDF 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_off0000e4c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C8 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 4bbaaf0084d1bf80c7b2fc0f45a8e052d2fa552121e22e98ce91817a80c539fa
font_01_sfnt_off00010e13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E13 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 42c45def0b2326c11499d1536fe3cda001d972ab55379842a975ab3b1a22c7f2
font_02_sfnt_off00012682.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12682 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1