Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f56061f2443c60f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:04:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 4535d072c9e2ea5dbdbc040a832021e7 SHA-1: 80908e584cca50997a81aef3f1483ab71b9815b1 SHA-256: 2f56061f2443c60f79f6d5752b6f11b3cba7e5aa94734077ad4034c890f14537
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristic analysis indicates the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These links are likely intended to facilitate phishing attacks or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tv2o7o2phredbr8en00o1s85th/4831583994.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/21611314871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads//files/202108102204412495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c18998fcf3---48205894954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/talusutowojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlpe.net/Images_upload/files/beberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084da4d74080---73651035853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/9340210810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886f810b8ea---daloxineruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/vidowekupabubewazorik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/kabuvamibujejejutunoxaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/57720805908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc9f5b3ea69fd3b12147c2a301d347d/vizebufigakopalupanaxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/kejob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b8d355fff---36906488275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/65353284583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/zedanidurigezavewejodobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrixx.lu/images/98403723943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58732831769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7f32651c45---fanowesuvuxosemizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62521989f8---walupanovifarusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/65332809889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea644f2f5e854bd6ed9666a237d77e5e/nizesujozodosaxizuwuvadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laflammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/telukojusanuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=many+much+a+lot+of+a+few+a+little+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_off00010dbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBE 17696 bytes
SHA-256: e0c397cd96fdaa0e6cc3d3dcfd60986a2bedcf6d8640409157ac90ccf6a3d418
font_01_sfnt_off00013be0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BE0 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 8ec60f85f90430bc9c24d76a34fb5dfdb2ecc5106e7a33ae17c60a2108041616
font_02_sfnt_off000154fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1