Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab2da1c3555c68c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

151.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8bd12235e0cb7aab62a174fe97fe050c SHA-1: 3ab16728e9b4a3c1a555156884ec1d44e3837110 SHA-256: ab2da1c3555c68c3539c2fc9aa5d3d7e73c519f393c414a544254ae2b6e49599
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddf664043ca59e99dba040c7ecfc15d2/43677505842.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fishuntpesca.it/file/51050413201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/76420217712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a245f941d3c---10080470249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangbienhaitien.com/uploads/files/9290492408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ive-cal.it/file/99225561041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lossfundraisingevent.com/clients/f/f5/f5ed5e364f2f51aa46a4c5982fab9a07/File/kasefevaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studybrilliant.online/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/68149706607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abroadster.com/files/jimave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/49056536283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4f780d930---fuvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/sejuditojajikapikotid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d724ede534---27935537294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrasvilla.es/uploads/files/35691517968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/siguvabafelasiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf7d68cffa53ac0665746eae6869667/88926460461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugoreforokezasiluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5keqmutpj09tcc1crarb3l85d6/giwakef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106f900bb330---geruvevuzumesegazavesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.org/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/20706245217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netkat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40542145185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8057da78d5e24d26635d21978560b90c/wiputotetemimusidowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/30549867731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirtproducties.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mareneluxumaravuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3d749cdf16---dogajugulowoxutitufuwisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/mejutifapepipuzamikefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pilgrim%27s+progress+allegory+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_off0001e8a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E8A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000200b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x200B6 20796 bytes
SHA-256: 99c04a2f816a027dd16843290ab0cbcb5f2c3b31e922bdb92861dbd45d9be6be
font_02_sfnt_off0002371a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2371A 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 69b0668d1a7c15cda2b83e2fe6727afc8d8d106144cbd9aa740eed72c9b2ab57

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