Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fdf81104d56f8a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-08-21 15:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a89730054cde64283f3feeca77daf50f SHA-1: 79b1bf15643ecb13160c649ddcdef8d532e41815 SHA-256: 2fdf81104d56f8a6f1d0e54045f4bcfe8f05837fb9bf8184c4579199cf8479ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm that directs users to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and the structure of the PDF suggest it is designed to lure users into clicking through to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/608hajl9n78gtssodoinuksipj/gotojuvudanef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f6cd4a8f2---43313383400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/37247563538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2606a8645574105ca4ce7ab772298382/wufovixek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecabb97de09---45407257889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj5s32o8k7ighie8d5aseofp6t/11240644131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3122a898892348b0da5ae4a549605763/gekusanevepelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/38545133885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/31282838158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/381dc04c472ed2be15c2450f50cf2ce0/72801523611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/vomonetobomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/jobona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9da1d7389e42bff33a2a17a0c0bd7c/53110830893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c5449aea3ee7b8cdf2bf767bfe31ba3/34952484826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/zugizopugagoxufek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fffa41f93911b0b4f2532830380e9a7d/rumefamipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdb32575aa---9106270692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c28141dbbf---roxaxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://be-now.pl/userfiles/file/57380722777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/96990954055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/71084982051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8da685010d---36536624600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722454c0dfe---13707832004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=net+force+worksheet+answers+keyPDF 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_off0000dd81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD81 15844 bytes
SHA-256: 3d895d6f6567d36aaa97d8df60f704910886d5b037d9bb04b67f8380244a9098
font_01_sfnt_off00010647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10647 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E5E 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 92bf7566e363c9a026c9fa35a3ab0c8f565a9ff8a5cc9da445d4c16ff53e6af3

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