Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2739c5d7d033187…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:29:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: aab6b6cd97e87345fd7557cd80821bec SHA-1: 594a78968c127752dee700ea5cda196887075bf0 SHA-256: b2739c5d7d0331878d1d4bd338eb84cfad29ed3e419ea8683c9cd3bf7103b3a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. These links likely serve as redirects to phishing pages or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+critical+review+essay PDF link annotation
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vig2u19g6se1hkpg81o4nu2gc6/37993105135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mqqbhrrnncdfhl6iqhodgohrpd/40061001628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f27acb79bc40e7a63e4ddfb24b04544c/pizolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/60017682093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e1994c555---veletebavekilamugixizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afb2aut367q6k3ctvum8m0kqr0/40360228906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/45952502911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886e3c266bb---tuvuramexasibazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/gesofedugixozoxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7e71ba6fc---tofitilaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e12b13819c---dazulibewenefev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/96022487813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada84b45604---72635329907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/86656680038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/64593316187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naitikfashions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwopiworerupomafofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/fejibuziwisobamaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922538107b3---18704864280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hchoanglong.vn/userfiles/file/47296091908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bt2k1rann5u2vhd5pjf3km2fu2/paredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/gizejanalenetazaparoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b2cd8690a1051e6a87d95d65a952c2/rafejosoziletofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/575bac4b16f0c791adadb0f19cf428bd/favavenulabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84698bb08dc478c64a8bf65e70cb5c9d/zodigopavej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a42581217f23c038a20de508375ab459/6897595205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803fbb0e4c2---xipaxugifosapasibe.pdfIn 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_off0000ee27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE27 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 4edcd423d15299c4d5d289c273a28b847fedea3823522ea6b3a7428b4d872fc3
font_01_sfnt_off000105c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C4 16872 bytes
SHA-256: a67fc7ff3fb6a5b4c4ce69b2d01879b666a734375c4d4172c20073a4f9f42f94
font_02_sfnt_off0001316a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1316A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1