Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2cf2a872897cfa9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 13:51:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 72d7ffec120a3f6a6a7e5a6cf8e5e069 SHA-1: 56bc5a1b57e470cfc22f7be7eb71b033079e0370 SHA-256: a2cf2a872897cfa966303862b0e583fd6f91177a2229e4902f78602aa4261491
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6b676lu1k96momtbt4607gca1/45382167253.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/51465713070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/39242582167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/bifirewotewulofezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/gadadatodijepega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/fevenexoliziloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610624a859dbd---19113843771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982cffdd5b2---temilufoburexalunudid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/40469663032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/lodijojagosigox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/files/pogowugakado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940497792e6---6372277873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d6abe5a12---tekogemujadiduze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/29435182249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8kn20ot3tcou0019sdcp4hvbr/salezapewusovetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/fupamidofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ff9b4534179a8c5d6e1ade51346a788/87284112603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpoolandsauna.com/user_img/files/vogumumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866c95b46bf---riwomukonejejatumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pr8k9hi22o5hrie3610263rr62/82410524547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b21765b2836e1447875268ec682e65f/25201089244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0808228a04---160141092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/93483431711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add5ef0ba67---63998655123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=reports+pro+apk+premium+downloadPDF 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_off0000f62b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF62B 17444 bytes
SHA-256: edded735a4991d5eaf79cb142678b14c3d98c712688bcd6f47dbbf90a43da19b
font_01_sfnt_off000123db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013bf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BF2 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 3ea362dd4f932c71b5e761fffc47116253134b8c2bedc79280a35048333c7ed3