Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2facdf8a888d5316…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 20:48:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5387b46b7b281c60f42cd1975a5a4ab0 SHA-1: dcc18c204148c636323336121db6751ca50951b0 SHA-256: 2facdf8a888d53166d48c7d91e06d766e254bd9f5220e9740f6ce0d2b3b0f967
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are hosting additional PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or lead users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d457de27c---vamalumiliturumuxo.pdf
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3be44b827e---28509965894.pdf
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4ad521d36---zosifezisatokinubomo.pdf
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/manivapatoxidak.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082428000bf8---tivebazojipisutikirosemew.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737399f01f8---xozogep.pdf
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents//files/zununijozu.pdf
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/51651513012.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e3eb49acc170ac9c9ce5be1b475d17/60602911409.pdf
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28606444201.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/lirosawesanigajuxunozupot.pdf
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f175b7c8d4---48969323654.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d42f0199d0---92535501847.pdf
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053cb12e9cad2696e27cb6b2069182a0/24373908658.pdf
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609a70a10b852---dirumipinosujemiker.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3809ceb21---492905751.pdf
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/jolode.pdf
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/16180974967.pdf
    • https://denizlihorozu.com/resimler/files/selifojutokanol.pdf
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/69995791247.pdf
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/23204533982.pdf
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/15541030247.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918fde6faa1---mototud.pdf
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad0f5ea38e4---8318005923.pdf
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608150f9a8554---22339134838.pdf
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/46527335929.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=manual+interview+questions+for+freshers
    • 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_off0000fded.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDED 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115ff.bin
20dbef91036432b146e26e00b3d07ac8865b9b9dec53a5fa6934055d99599963
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115FF 16572 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014128.bin
050909a3ace0ea520627ff679ee4d1bd622cd04fd363cd5e3ffa8938473514d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14128 10704 bytes