Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2d8bdfc393ff14e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

148.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:25:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: b2839cec0a905672210e184c3b0835ba SHA-1: 0e78fc3cceea1387320020ed15a8e3f6e1f160fe SHA-256: a2d8bdfc393ff14e6c979bf5001ff3b74137c8725cb08c6e6713893c1f98d239
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of malicious links within the document to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://gyobel.itpublic/file/doxoza.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce03c46c358371a28b66848baf5877dc/45677576538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/juvevigir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607becf0a34ed---moneforaduwuwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3840a6ee466fb58bc3933f4bdea39aa/71290155028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f990b08dfab6e22e9554b6f48bbf06c4/sebupedotevopusoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9490b01bf5---bazonotefoluferenukuwiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/44207326727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/nugazizasaref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210609_230929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608048b3c90de---nijifajabusesuzeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32bb7bfd77ca4947d0530310b3b8c43/62628142649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mu0bpibu9s3tggnignit836oku/74611203538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toolsatool.com/userfiles/files/bigixixefelexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e962b42502834bc3d8af10d0fd099db/19520148525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ts5vn3st98fti99n4lei68qr8v/sekokekugodopalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c74fqdl4oukor2oe7btpndfigf/jafabopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/pojipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a35780f80d780fa95242f20cb357e1b/96754288904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/zonibaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/52718932911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210610185953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6fdac83b8---60331947962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/zezuvibarofozub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608463e36eb82---30224199718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=compare+fractions+lesson+6.7PDF 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_off0001e315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E315 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001fb27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FB27 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 9927822ecf5bc94b2b55de8595ac420a2796d2d20087d8e1e9f03bd65571b210
font_02_sfnt_off00022a00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22A00 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 692681d28bee37ffb11d678ac0ea69b8776261efae959c12e1dd81a6ef92cee3