Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fde9829b0f03b97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 11:00:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d05f5c33e20349bdb4f155a90dccdf02 SHA-1: 0f8183783c9a39ca8aae799567459acd22347ea2 SHA-256: 2fde9829b0f03b973a18687dad7f3614090567ccec2f02e3566036a7e60dd861
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple suspicious URLs points towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dutch+oven+chicken+breast+and+rice+recipes
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb8d10a980---sediveruferiwifupe.pdf
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e1f1959d58---50760199415.pdf
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/putemogokivog.pdf
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/14545676478.pdf
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a630f58376---20059804096.pdf
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/124a6f9a0575e140438349ef489b89f2/vepor.pdf
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/53290118544.pdf
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/81338662614.pdf
    • https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/sipajojesaga.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd691acc44---kefaraxixogir.pdf
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/figevajosapogumamazeb.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89c913fe3e---fizalepupitexaj.pdf
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05051803cd39913c68bdfad4d535f650/65706415850.pdf
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/38141842811.pdf
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/58689962027.pdf
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/97120180115.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d7838c7f3---rimusejorimunujutoda.pdf
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/74524330366.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d17549370c---36481692366.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb7d5403e4---32349362146.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc57a05a00d---fusapinokapepiwopopoxuta.pdf
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/92783359622.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4921b61139be0070a0908808018bc33d/norugetomaline.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6dfcf1ca5---79566724912.pdf
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8407f9bc61e4798461eadf43f5d1376d/13489512535.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec53cd105c7096c9d3852fed80cfce5f/wifolofavufowavapekasoxuv.pdf
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/12495725931.pdf
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/20737238114.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_off0000f159.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF159 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010970.bin
89da770e4997f4b566becd6beb067693277e829661d3d9224e2eb44fd25c2b5d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10970 10964 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000122a8.bin
557365f0f82f2174cc5120e9e83fa490ef2975614e072d3d9b701c8880d2a1a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A8 17036 bytes