Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2d0a85303ca060d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-08-13 02:14:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 01fcf8169e5febab0deafc7bca1c38ab SHA-1: e0b3f4c8c1d36313aed1a42d6ece8ebc40876183 SHA-256: a2d0a85303ca060d79425ac5411cd0fa391711cfa3378e540064a9066c8e37da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a distribution mechanism for malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0654495001620631571.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbb5f30717a1f88a08b5de9df764c600/19731641777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c92875f5e---tomifelewisufagulawepuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/pabobotebejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavuxorefutakaxafoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3986d41b51---burifixobuxikirixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/tutibuwabumadimobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/takujonuruzazunava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/dobumupipulotized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/wiwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/71918822665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroupe.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/74003636369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojiduzuxamabule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pefalumijawalekujojama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leakefamilyreunion.com/clients/63964/File/sogojirixivijuxomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6cb67691d---91476352554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1fc95c4419---kedovokifalowumigeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/dikinonidavetajap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.ca/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/7587615314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/posisoroka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c8dnol59l14qo0gqua7u5nps4/pofabupilonudotiweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/bumewofedozafewuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/37463528323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profitoolinfo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogupigiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ee193a8d41cc7f1be9e4fcc6024443d/77265166881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/zitilotuvijutijefujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+types+of+cardiac+arrhythmiasPDF link annotation
    • https://medlineplus.gov/arrhythmia.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011a3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A3E 10840 bytes
SHA-256: e22aaddaf1fd0e6bd022230a6bb5297147eeb5efce9bae2b1769741e8c785601
font_01_sfnt_off00013357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13357 17064 bytes
SHA-256: 6ebd23ae3c9a3f17c794ce9d85b05c306731ee25c56603f3129f66b9b3b2fcec
font_02_sfnt_off00015fe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1