Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f2f6d232d48db8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 00:05:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7bfe574da7ec88b0df6b23990a255a7e SHA-1: 9fb460f68cea327d9185889abafffe1b2d31e639 SHA-256: 2f2f6d232d48db8c61c871fa270541aa71d2b184b8d19ad3d532d5e7f14e82bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to infer a malicious link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://cnc-ar.ro/files/file/mijosuwo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/dixonetubirizanila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0226970303---18612166957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webfox.net.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2d3c5b150f39b694c69b9a6e2a0d395/25729790172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/bufesidemevuroluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b361b12fc53---jivukixoludurutoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/51759558147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/lenomane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tpk-m.ru/files/file/duxalalesotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa25f75bdf8---doxenezarapule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/juwita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63a192f571---68272490376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba78f97681---53277725757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/dotipowoluselapebinopanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1621434260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080154052354---36724001746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52806a9dcf63cc9bc3d676f3bf694b1c/wubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mo-space.space/web/img/podborky/files/51028034941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0343dcfcddd986778ac62602a085c9/zirumejanopalenegidob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/403c95c94a42158fb84d28b6776589a0/tewilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/84441712685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/fofevageximibadawawogeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=carbon+dioxide+is+heavier+than+oxygen+and+nitrogenPDF 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_off0000daaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAAF 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 9d7d9985332ff74aec9b4a36e04e7031eb93e0452b71bb57f0e7aa4a70962e45
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DA 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 24b6d04f2b01109db5af5b3d545f97409e45cdb0a15d85857151cc896b03384f
font_02_sfnt_off00012071.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12071 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1