Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2e2fb64990dc770…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-23 21:45:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e18ae7a0fb78aafc660d0079a74cf091 SHA-1: 12fe06cbf4d66234ec3f249f1e0b92587d93b38e SHA-256: a2e2fb64990dc770a8a43dc75fa189c4ec3c38575eca0cb9d876979729ba17e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and disposable hosting domains, likely to facilitate the download of further malicious content. The presence of numerous PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/diletamosenuka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608551c709f67---vemofurufaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/puvowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44644860589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nppgursaraijhansi.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10377051499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3073f8d508c84c17b95047424b0ba7b8/bamojokodoxodeteled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607daf5e86b12---2787941870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774e5b17466---34286446028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huron81reunion.com/clients/f/fe/feec28e48c841af8be4ad6373737a022/File/buvolexezewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/muvvbfiamtep4r7h622d2t99s4/89241420239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/51812511710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ded7d55c2e2dc3f174427b0abd96c7/tisitepuserekifoxiwazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oxigensupplies.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/gogepuweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/213dcb222d8d954ab880a13f65164ba0/moluwunufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dietacud.eu/upload/file/vebokuxomepujowiman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/wujatutaxawipesigutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3r9jte1jut7t0bkcf3npnk84p/jopabelapoxojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/28231402980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607665c704e61---dotolopatitopaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fbfe3aeb2---kizuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a11038b82217b9322c077f1582bf3a8/simipimiberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b78457bee08093fe2e3970ba03491465/vilowoputuredux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cca6bf3652---sanivixasusezolexirefajir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=bloons+td+6+apk+no+modPDF 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_off000113a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A7 17080 bytes
SHA-256: d76263583e2721cdde6ac18f4a24e30c6baa4705241aa21bd22a8bb2826289dd
font_01_sfnt_off0001403d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1403D 10544 bytes
SHA-256: e02252864e87d7367669d81ba4a8462794fb0faed1ffb9ded43dc8837d64ac8b
font_02_sfnt_off00015851.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15851 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1