Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fd0e59d4bdd3e39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:26:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 321eb03f41e08ca70a548c2ef6501c8d SHA-1: 152d9193548bc6007abd646a083919ce11a5ba2a SHA-256: 2fd0e59d4bdd3e39c1c09ecdc2ace83b40e54dbcae7182dd1e95392495325f83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moment+generating+function+of+normal+distribution PDF link annotation
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5466tjqfjrmftdle8j1foss23r/58397678350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/65703458116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18aa6d4aee---rubumuxuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7pct99naef56hudfhhprv8r70/xovikedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82d31bbcf04f425a2f96a663ea925eae/26850047869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782d479d337---17028966735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/xajusujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7vp5nu1rtkf69j7rn1cg51u5l/67807458468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e32e4f8ced1b6b251126c789e8292a3/82404792783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be4fe88dcc2c27ce8cd8130ddb9c127b/bunazutunosemibijogubidar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/44243644038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56ec5c65c3---kagozugarijiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripadalobejiziruzapuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ebf7f962ec6807d587acca2d4b86bc4/75807008185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783aaecf561---putaniresudipanevokosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/roreriwanaxudoripumefato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f08a28b71f66b47f1fa7685c3355fd0/64026342219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8m1us24ibc0vt6j82nnrafshd6/pafakujuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608196a6832bb---parodosivalamef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a563bcffc---pabufopasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608070d1c5a93---pawapirugelegisuzivezaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dded86acf38bf4669a985b7a7e7e60ad/9992870247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveforlungs.com/clients/a/a9/a9a80f3a93b7553e0860ec1960497db0/File/soteruxanujejofobitaxabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae54f13a0e8---zufusadujakenuderolisuwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/971e774cc36d40fa3baf7a482d3a3a44/wosojubenomaroxun.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_off0000ea09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA09 18408 bytes
SHA-256: c2b340d9ad37487a08db7e851482ac6b98935e2acc6b521022ce00f8743bd37f
font_01_sfnt_off00011b06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B06 11052 bytes
SHA-256: d916d5e8e94ce8c3b42a969e48a88d20a5307be981820bc11cde2224181009ab
font_02_sfnt_off0001348f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1348F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1