Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f4b17ecbb3f99b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 14:24:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0fd56eb9f7699f89441ff4d6ad1db93f SHA-1: 76bce83777e73065e24d1541b4db9b34b1d4e715 SHA-256: 2f4b17ecbb3f99b91c3df3a6c26d4c575b5e46484c19d97b86ed887d53d3e709
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and a 'download button' lure reinforces the phishing and download distribution attack pattern.

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mustang+shelby+gt500+69 PDF link annotation
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dad7d83029000fbd5365113f11e3f14e/remigoforadisude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnu2e9un0jvq7rneuts07ros51/24863923139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieukhactransam.com/uploads/files/govedalejuvexuvineze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///96793138039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiangsutravel.kr/userfiles/files/20210608_153615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/3462731765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082354fc79b0---povepikubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/80336185079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d79a69252000c074ea1b335453a046da/23342271390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bfe501320---pojomodowaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d906dc2db7dccb1824b6b432f2a9a1f1/98024383990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///rujebepibutitolepatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/91266327633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/69430344826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d2e65049d13c051800ed60fed19a1b2/rivizijimiduvavit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5514d3bdcd96d79ad55dc75d739cf88e/28164065160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mkdou115en9nmbd7gh1torqq1/79205965255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l38a7v2f37at23a607petr28ae/saluxajurefifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3e0fa11de---xikosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teckim.it/themes/userfiles//files/zowemuvujuzenuxetepafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/dodaritubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7a03742c5746d741ba6d63a2dd40fef/81073846677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe96adc499---24904295272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweetbasketsbyjackie.com/clients/864293/File/85145394090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/vakipexa.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_off0000f255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF255 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 1df6acc195c8a793e0adca6988f792762d47e7abc4c8d236a24dc5f9b205cab9
font_01_sfnt_off00011ee5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136FC 11016 bytes
SHA-256: ba2d1497a14a78f818476f27fb6f1e3c2b9ad805bc55cffb781cf300073beea0