Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f2c4e2368df0eb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:57:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a45d82febb6cbcd2873f40dbd6026c82 SHA-1: 9b98142154347762cfab253aba222a772ca45584 SHA-256: 2f2c4e2368df0eb66cc45477315df63e1db43c2f983afb967fa97c190e35b00b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file 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 embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, consistent with a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=feeling+extremely+exhausted PDF link annotation
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609def0e6dab6---mebuzobafafivusiveka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cecce326f5f448924dd27702fddcd8a4/lozibipajepaxurakuluduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38c4576639---88939643726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jop3i46cnomnb6mbcarthub42/mipebepubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6qhkk8dffofakfaarvq2husl0/sunuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://info-jimukyoku.jp/lot/upload/files/mirolabazetipawidovabaves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/26081406168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotipaldo.com/userfiles/files/6122667957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch-center.ru/uploads/files/lilifiwuwalepujota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b9bd25365---23188454164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/xedigatusegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/tigazexularosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a385dd78a---69834606092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uppercanadatwocylinderclub.com/clients/877835/File/fojexiragebisubufezixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5edc6bd019---12219409831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bdcae595434ff8292f3fb4206db8fab/89266367209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/daxufikedafogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/gofiwipopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c0385c530---vasiwipiduvekonupazogolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oufnomjsj8n8usr4421trp7hej/24184992028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a748e03d7bf---titomotisopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a29998f41ca---97373282880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20215101227434167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gijunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16258662111786314576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001241b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241B 17440 bytes
SHA-256: d02859644f30c4563bb8c19cddcfbbe5b768baaf2ee2c3b8de1e82a02a016bae
font_01_sfnt_off00015191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15191 10868 bytes
SHA-256: e0d7293d204299704806820929266d0522025063fb00b6dff5a9747a2dc12239
font_02_sfnt_off00016a47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1