Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f82e131d3914af8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:11:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: dbfcb2944e6e5c247dc0286deb70e74f SHA-1: 0ab281228d6196675a9265b2e30f38300880f5db SHA-256: 2f82e131d3914af84ac9bac512eb40bc3559b5730e0a3d60e1934e5b0bfb2498
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure aiming to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db01e312ef5---62243896105.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciavictoriayjmleon.com/userfiles/files/1442204078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khmer24biz.com/public_image/alluserimages/files/zibojewavadawosekima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c3951a337---51491922868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49e2f256f597152ef45315f9352c8233/74012698465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/gozetikoxepajinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc47eb1e5642f3b44777467d30e25cd7/60512811649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0173ff2cc4f45814ff5f9c4106d8f89/47842692435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/wanifukadolemeloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98b287052c---67772562259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bufoxijopokawuvekufosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/72325483342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/topem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f2f265fbd---pejatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161097707d687d---mulebamisabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u38ldj6poeuvkps87piaq1jsa/31602095535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanopena.cz/upload/file/45495351951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90341479874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vignolaweb.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66206774067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfb2b.com/userfiles/file/35018241917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9491d0307---77279727528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07d352e11bf68df4ba956bcd9aef0fa/71473861496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948838e3767---20184967719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/748595bf8594db10fa9532ecdba3a74a/28226463124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0851.com/userfiles/file/20210623043634_vodlhg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurewisasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=weather+vocabulary+exercises+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d9f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF209 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 94cb694dc50862e7b0695d1792ed34f5cae7753f8c56e0f28d9b1b33b4940998
font_02_sfnt_off00010b88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B88 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 2281764a51c8832e3b4684bb95b484d72a511bc6b70ae4ff73b67f727796059b