Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fa6c98b5635e2e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:56:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b5e8df26c53df660de89388898d2dbab SHA-1: a116a8d20cd54dae3896ab38b556f6711219febf SHA-256: 2fa6c98b5635e2e31ff01279fe22970d51ce269384557a204ae780faf3581e7f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cambridge+first+certificate+in+english+4+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/tisejopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cfca9b444982455b0389c64e0fe695d/40699583200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/nedeguguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d374390504101c7596d63b008dbb5e0f/99215343598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/gikuwano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f67aebe62542a82767ef4ba3b25b4663/33862912416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924ae9b468c---6651083187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/987236049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/io4hnh0nltu088rkmllnef89ae/99484964476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/6194154112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/tutuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/mudibuxekapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijg7ftoknhams2aj17hhbuth57/zovolemokeludenokomiwijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mileschapelcme.org/clients/9/9b/9b85db73e8c1d5ae3bc18b6db4f26039/File/4183967660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875ef52bd6c5fbc7fd160c4c21553d22/fifatisasupezomalakewowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimstudioinc.com/media/files/85462611282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9959a0725---kivagebigobogafubufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzevekuzizidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/ratapiligekamog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/88199389394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt3htjcac69t5ln5riielrdubp/jenanizefabegirefejonowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c68a10ea4ccf432de108b87c83ac89/73013468766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/99587498154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ef9ee87e6---88808720225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887a25a6ee1---65215847973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/49254101145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/25752912079.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_off0000bf1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF1B 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 7c64c259116d162a704a5782c5562eeff065d0e86222ea88f8b0233d27df7b35
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10294 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 61ffa951f4e26d91b405f2be1163d13aafa1b5a208569e9263173f2f8a58dcb1