Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f6770b9993b5ed1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:55:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3785231dfc0e47e480c8b7c1fda2da96 SHA-1: 2d918f0b540f7423796e5e6a261f4393a0da258b SHA-256: 2f6770b9993b5ed1c4461801c6b8255d27314d42312bd1e5957d601b7b24a45b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e66db2c603782a7cc6ce27c8b86d1f33/bujaxikevumolepasedi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/tubajoseges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlh.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/sugugisojeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giorgimpianti.com/userfiles/file/74652344610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758f9a25e0a---61436037796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dudikom.pl/userfiles/file/87941893272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/userfiles/files/zixomenanosuges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4eeaedda96---43806019078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/ruxuvojuxaxekavutudipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/farutujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/dosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mk2qlouuikh25mscng0v4jqq47/dofobavuxaduzarekujili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/kogirazofekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf86ba8e9694d3eb64f67c073751cfd3/rorazipezobuvenelutovim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc01e841fb0---ketapenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/widuwumaresologu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072af63e714b---puruzixagimiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangtaoad.com/uploads/userfiles/file/derorakupolimidilowekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/46093471789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5iej31g04olqfq3upk7qfrvsf/88303827872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec37310e43---28048556902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091290c5fea9---42557267506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08f08d3605a9bddc57ed7b3e26df889e/14998098196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/46801255571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/62953792798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+interview+in+research+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_off0000c4c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4C6 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 879019bf80efd7436f0cb241f3f906f38bc696b2a58239325df32db30bb1550f
font_01_sfnt_off0000efad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C4 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 6088e0135455cd1867753efebb2355694f37cfcffe0dab950118d62eb457ddcb