Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fb230c2d40c4d37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:04:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dec2d148a12da12e438705581b047ef0 SHA-1: 93b20ed033d459714277c226a7e701a1d637af14 SHA-256: 2fb230c2d40c4d3754e4f650d3036f4889893f2722537944e7da5dd1d8a3d0de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of multiple links to potentially malicious or compromised domains suggests an attempt to lure users into visiting dangerous sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifulukaxakopu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b02a50af16---90232792892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/josogebibolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0d74c83c0---wuworimaviwigeralovegipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759238b19fd---47784168271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/70177072075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610054d5dc349---nizamanoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://85560891.com/upfolder/e/files/20210726131123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nnk1au40b3a4fp0253jdqlk0c2/suguwipevemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruaszarate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejexujajenagovogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/vameli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/wufova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafikunozeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/40260991922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnshoppingbag.com/upfiles/file/90526815312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktien-analyse.de/images/File/pojisabibidotejixomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834b68bee3a---81915170311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/66333700914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16079619ff201c---18001171418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33960842202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ca31d3129---27432660049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/dodoxomulesomelodowima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda06db5cd8---85100310158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfort8889.com/upload/files/11816656730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/xitudam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=makalah+replikasi+dna+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_off0000da79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28B 18464 bytes
SHA-256: 0471e0f693b8f4cae81e9983a526c376be756f90ce10a752508de8f53b79be6f
font_02_sfnt_off000122c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C9 10460 bytes
SHA-256: e23cf674fea7f41a7cdbdb6c5463d26a6fc5734dfe1aa39da78e40e062bcb124

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