Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f4a03628e72f24e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:06:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 89c5b182417e298d2f6d615f95b181c5 SHA-1: 3a8ca7175108712581a6ab725be20aff3fbdc4f7 SHA-256: 2f4a03628e72f24ede8155bad08007f9dff623b30e374ffe1c16fe7b39c71000
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a multi-stage attack, likely for phishing or malware distribution, where the initial PDF acts as a lure to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a77df3448---52959490317.pdf
    • https://isosklo.cz/uploads/95387178756.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c710a00c169---24792448802.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6c9m4mq8r4dts24i0qaujjae6/44471449193.pdf
    • http://lohs69.com/clients/82366/File/nonimor.pdf
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd6f767a67fc62ede29db8f14ba49fa/biseviwirijujomawefuwal.pdf
    • http://veejaytechnologies.com/userfiles/file/97076257026.pdf
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/59781411506.pdf
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/jajajipufigedenima.pdf
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/61470151858.pdf
    • http://bantinnhadat.com/users/files/vawefiwivemivudurunegagu.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e6a605e5cf---lefegigezosipujamiforel.pdf
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db6180216f74ae55827ac4aec9ac3190/35796362451.pdf
    • http://sieuthibongda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesigavewupitexanafabevut.pdf
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/59324909159.pdf
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e79458d1fdb9ae6e311ca10af72920ad/40573200187.pdf
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47234423836.pdf
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/31649707812.pdf
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/sutikemimukifukeva.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicopetrillo.eu/userfiles/files/viber.pdf
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/puledomak.pdf
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/953ab3844e6c7a872cfb6690faddbc55/53325056567.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105f58320d97---32620106355.pdf
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gb9lbb0ndoe1v5n38mk350u6ov/nuwilugaz.pdf
    • http://asesoriazabalburu.org/azaba/files/file/77550323961.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=adani+ports+annual+report+2016+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e732.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE732 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff49.bin
a6ab41a7863c6aaefb7c31d765ae4f96d5636a40a89980b2f498643451a74e95
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF49 11036 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011929.bin
fa7c446f06dccf4f87072019b6491f2c3f4e4f5ca45d2cbae854dba306525563
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11929 18108 bytes