Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fd860ee7e6b5aef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:51:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9f4bef88c111a6ae38e45fd5c63612fc SHA-1: 2ed06193d92dbe5b42162f5937d4828c1c887810 SHA-256: 2fd860ee7e6b5aef3660dfc28108dce3019acda55eae17266ea3f9a5f248ab87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or other potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to direct users to external, potentially malicious content, consistent with phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://ildong.org/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210916112804.pdf
    • http://goodlife88.com/uploads/files/dipakebowerodonijojafodiv.pdf
    • http://rayhovietnam.vn/upload/files/kiloxejivumutibilisasef.pdf
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e52268ed5c---nalagovitomefabujogediba.pdf
    • http://portaldo.eu/contenuti/upload/file/lupuribanidirawosadorano.pdf
    • http://glassick.com/userfiles/file/mapumup.pdf
    • http://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/vifemorutasatixa.pdf
    • http://inciboya.com/resimler/site/files/16108232991.pdf
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/kowazatabetamelur.pdf
    • https://mkontakt.com/dat/file/39976131321.pdf
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/41792647227.pdf
    • https://foursservices.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/43469908091.pdf
    • http://jysfh.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-13/20210913230833305519.pdf
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/bewanafuzibul.pdf
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gagiwamamiruzosukodo.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f71c4935d5---guxupezizeroxomejusazaf.pdf
    • https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/tatebakidefosunopeguga.pdf
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202109122245126378.pdf
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62381963355.pdf
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/68554189799.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c818a7a56b---35033336682.pdf
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/28923120056.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=android+stopped+charging
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/31865531161.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_off0000c242.bin
c7691f33e998ac7397d53b0b1c3caff9532a42c593911cde38afb35160213b49
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC242 17100 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeb4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000106cb.bin
b8fee5fd88d48a8245d9b854481443c9a1dfb2bb038bf52bbee471fa6aac6dee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CB 10728 bytes