Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ff7c8e6bd6d61a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:49:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 49f54a1d9cf2c23752129ecba98981b0 SHA-1: c25d7ef2786f1c6c21f763ea44ddd6c1a2677fe2 SHA-256: 2ff7c8e6bd6d61a8ac1d35fa1f8b2edcd9572c6e4db787d0a3658bed4c6d3aa5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76717e135---junofad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d246fab1f0a---mitusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e0809f095143367e17cc5eaabd67c82/35082851989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611213b4cadea---13895390861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/41276405966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingcarpetclementines.com/userfiles/files/jekegofot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/17728589613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/40529320910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/famoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611acdb8d764c---36325414385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abisspaandboutique.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/sudakenuxamomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/jadozizumomevodogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/file/37923666370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4a32bb187---jotimajunugovudefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/37757065423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcm.es/files/galeria/files/15371152208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homestationrealty.com/userfiles/files/gupuwosuwekixafodate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/99332143192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ra3m3lkamm4clg9rgcb7nu0u/nimokufugevolilebuvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b366b7f12e---gagoxurazadowiwajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafepiolho.com/uploads/assets/9750354514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cabd25021fa---dekazupuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121283b2eb3b---palufawikajatep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=periodic+table+trends+worksheet+answer+key+pdfPDF 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_off0000df3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3D 17312 bytes
SHA-256: 849ca1463699320352f44ea920086759e7efce6250debe1ef2073c1ab0a3f645
font_01_sfnt_off00010c07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C07 11148 bytes
SHA-256: d09ce8111a5b09488bc6e76c44aa3937cf3076e26ba5f5d3725e48e048a98c72
font_02_sfnt_off000125da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1