Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f3a0985b3dcfe18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 04:19:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 401c3e13d07804196cad1f01d4db9fa9 SHA-1: e475ff7b3b2d1c4c8466e278d77964832639a010 SHA-256: 2f3a0985b3dcfe18f755ce9d5ab3e537f75239454ad4b4c65ec81a631a7dbcaf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous links on potentially compromised CMS uploads points to a distribution tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • 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 https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohoq0j0tug5mscadjmprems18p/75347822532.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tuttoadomiciliocn.it/file/pujujarawuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6b0027725---28904059306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13f766769654d4ca6ff58b6c61ebd6c/futibozozasaziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a00c0990218613b21f92f6c424945e/8876928931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/82533093922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cf5efc6c566bff3754008860940ad85/bezudumamud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklynsmokeshops.com/admin/images/file/pelekolitopam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/fuvobozugusalatop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/mixujizigaveralewipegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/35230553958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889d32e414c---28583930682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91357639310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/27384781819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b6d0b2c8c---tezozijuzomajavitozifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5esc015u5mehark85rll5kq3am/wadabitijuboxovamezuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e27cf02c4---51272446072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085178721b8d5ba3c4d6dc24815d3fd4/wukoxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790f51c8af5---rutoxolanebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/golan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881c7a4f465---fomijidarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcccdbc36c---15550688143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqu8qr10cqm3861h146fs16es7/bevozoxejeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/zibajifukovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/26909738709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=a+face+in+the+dark+by+ruskin+bond+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_off0000f77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77C 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 84de74a775c59662fd1faa45311abebb2bb467a128a90a7a6ffe83d5165a0fbe
font_01_sfnt_off00011177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11177 16488 bytes
SHA-256: 3742532885a1f2a9a2b94e7bc078314f557d73f0ff0adc48bf947d390a512fda
font_02_sfnt_off00013bf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1