Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2ac00f340f4a832…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 15:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0a3214ff551712916d94733bde883cdf SHA-1: 8cf7f349554c2df965b0c04e505b67d370dff90b SHA-256: b2ac00f340f4a8322f0acb209416fa4057f6a480af8a123172dc7cd433355499
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external content, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/63759613032.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kokalietudarbnica.lv/files/files/gofimagepex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/tijakoxoduken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2181da6b517825ff9b79ba37d1ed8a18/18828383455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ae2602d14---futet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210618165652706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/61243238418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c9e1d272b---wiloxedejamoviwudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77f5bbad137e85843ef040b15bf13b16/17652760357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/13588486979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5754da0e2fd435a0d382be7ba106341/bogovanivizimuxizutini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607963c5cb3f6---84149189030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608510f69cb0f---81290977258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77fae01d54ee2b7cc26b37c6e89cadbd/51948129205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/476d600cf9af904d641a24ac44de935e/gakezivorinibotabalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3294ac054---filasedejamisojiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fab40d87d---lujovilubutunopozojaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af6056f367a3c719108a5dbc21e79c1c/69566033735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/55298779726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f432fc12846003d7c15c58295d4f8c1/lotumolememagape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a1430df68---tinevivub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trvstore.com/userfiles/file/zufebelefegebujerinibalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a096bca869a---17790936504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=runescape+dagannoth+kings+guidePDF 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_off0000e83c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83C 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 3b7b124abc740c0b513ffdd1bd675670dc09ac1a1fada8902cf5adfa9d16b6ea
font_01_sfnt_off00010130.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10130 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 71dc5126a670f55139a5c534c102dea693c9b051bf209dfda039e1e08095a9e4
font_02_sfnt_off00013043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13043 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1