Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fb2f948538b7bc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 18:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: bf1479a76df57ad5f71b4f42791bb060 SHA-1: 0995278b338ba7dc1453f8e43eefa32e5dab9baf SHA-256: 2fb2f948538b7bc4b05cf2f1f663c81c21c32357947c85f4895527d9392c6e6c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URLs suggest a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a9cb45337---32309846344.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/suripafepivivavut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160974989e2444---17027789281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715ba8ca113---40512466422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070224d965d4---vokowegabizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bd55df801---karomodajefodixabegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef8d39105c69051cd86290b8a8e3dae/juwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/motinosurorulubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sodenivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinasaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b1d0725c3---vurimitiwizupewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzaxadefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/webilij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ailizia.com/userfiles/92705703668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6964acd12d5baa3292bc9901d776958/kavimalusemogizanapagiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/89373590101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b811ee069da---wudeseguxeguwezejipisagus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1072g44t43enak9u92lnp0lg7m/43543104997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63366678169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14b2d022a4c7a465a4bd3725622b4716/kamini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704ee421b47---90340889278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608126a2f2b94---rizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=a+toss+meaningPDF 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_off0000f6d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D9 16964 bytes
SHA-256: b72b07d0478bdb986f9afa39b1dcf7e6a26a8e14c8a6fa68b86b372b9cc5d545
font_01_sfnt_off0001230e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230E 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 05428bd7078fdc118599519a0c9643f422eadefc2ca140cfada9dd4126201956
font_02_sfnt_off00013a3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1