Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fd1597ac597b130…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8cc0d45e15098f563f3a1b47c0e1e453 SHA-1: 9c841a77adbb7f5b9610e9ce002645716b46eae2 SHA-256: 2fd1597ac597b130b7e6996168f5be6ea8ee0158a33eb160a642c563c50a3893
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, 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 presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest a link farm designed to evade detection and spread malicious traffic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=phylum+annelida+definition
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5203a8220d---tuwerexu.pdf
    • http://funagamex.vn/PhuongNamGroup/userfiles/files/vedapudumamajob.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20c9ce69e87c3faee7bf081c66e3a3e4/97532142312.pdf
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/52772609389.pdf
    • https://faprosid.com/file/mugilaguvenulobotimib.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36438ae03c---3011650551.pdf
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb66b491ad---59135542902.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be52f6f277f2d8f280582c91b51472aa/nirosibalepipor.pdf
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae5b569093---51166300016.pdf
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7e3c423bf0---votar.pdf
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3b69d1c7cdf3419f91515922e9a20cf/41179190665.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7f32d6a9a---jelilubulamadak.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607585bddfdf8---93157543561.pdf
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4822c77bdcf3c2849c61b89977f75422/83911117920.pdf
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f6140fa0f---99163566003.pdf
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/39391863280.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eonok3l0r2l6c70vrpak9as2v9/29038788371.pdf
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b27d5f294---62167955035.pdf
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d38c8a5328---fijukuvuwexoxo.pdf
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714735569c3---92068435690.pdf
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/fosifizijoxodogugeve.pdf
    • 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_off00012577.bin
caafaa839aedf2a8ff8202796bea790d030775ae8c17245d733cc687cd223a57
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12577 16692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000150c1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150C1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000168d8.bin
051bdcd73466ab6c8e9ce026e557417220194a37a33b0d89448f363ebb9df3b6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x168D8 10568 bytes