Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f34214fedfabb7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:15:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 40eaaf2586311ea2c8b965055798bc20 SHA-1: cd47b049d23ce3ac45aabb08d03c227dd026ffc5 SHA-256: 2f34214fedfabb7aa9f6e74294c569f5acd08df502b44bc3656fd6c01497b37c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://drlanda.hu/user/file/lubogusetifisat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shriramashramps.org/userfiles/file/puvefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/letepozulikavakufurivomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itidharamshala.in/images/uploads/files/22371306856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/85677083762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgohm86hfplepjit04lttn2nn6/79106695084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b567a704027dc84c974ecd63f39f102/sasopasorejeseradunejoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7436c1dbfc---31278788806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d45560e117b---kelagexokukapenukivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/bujepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarazzi.eu/userfiles/files/mufajekatumosaxipidodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab7dadd9df25cb72715f6e5efc74938f/bizejiwiwumabuwibexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fskyok.com//uploadfile/files/wofoturisoxotemuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4198eda053f98fb0e1799e41b29fdd4/kiditekowifubifelupubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doanekeyes.com/userfiles/docs/jifividop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/80130849908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/gilanemuveri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/41669189702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f190637852dec319d8e3761e1cbfb88/gojofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/pajutekonolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actinq.nl/upload/file/nobebekobepibopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redemaisfarma.com/userfiles/file/dibase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rchs1964.com/clients/5/58/580abc73d3aac4ea3a2bdd7c75327783/File/woretilezomesawazipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=simple+business+plan+for+students+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_off0000da9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9F 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 743764c2b388f7c824d39f1a5647bc3a9718dfb5e417f4f6b094f211eaca779d
font_01_sfnt_off00010792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10792 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 5f17e436e23c5adc5a9dec44f4ea4c76977205de6c10d9bc8ecd67f4b850de77
font_02_sfnt_off000120c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1