Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f5d9816872f98ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:43:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f1986e61e1bee37bbbd48cf3c0e667db SHA-1: b9bf3fbbf2d2ad8b5264b4928af3ea1a30b73756 SHA-256: 2f5d9816872f98aea768673cbec094aaef0cb5fbed498eaa7123f9350de64a9a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple external URLs, with several hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the presence of numerous links to potentially malicious sites is the primary indicator of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://topcudental.com/img/userfiles/files/zutorakemigigibusaziwofe.pdf
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/fononas.pdf
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021062200020853.pdf
    • https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/45907940346.pdf
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///piwegoxajaverop.pdf
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/28162715887.pdf
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9a0761e8f---waworuzepiwesagosi.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d663b903a58---5260481698.pdf
    • http://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/90440327025.pdf
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/45947571484.pdf
    • http://malverne69.com/clients/a/a7/a743c233813d1a1dbf5c38c484d85cdc/File/23649957880.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be463522a5---17222685821.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/up9j5497oqjg17gva5itr25190/tapanus.pdf
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/fofiserokiterukatote.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756d21d437c---97364026954.pdf
    • http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/muwimewiketo.pdf
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ae65dafc8---13155482227.pdf
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesuwobowegiwuwimumizita.pdf
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f807638e7a3c20cb3332f59e3e978f98/44717950823.pdf
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/87639018302.pdf
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/zedubidasezovifeso.pdf
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/zukopegewovalexam.pdf
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6cc88e6280---15291278856.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=houses+for+sale+bowdon+manchester
    • 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_off0000efe6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107fd.bin
b719eef61dca61cf2ca970bc762a939be3cf45562edd6f3f646aa33a7d9a2b07
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FD 10964 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012152.bin
78b0f0879fc579a0e08bb6bca43ed583adac75ec136d6d672ba07ecb84b316e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12152 17316 bytes