Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2d9ff622f391412…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:41:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cbd54018a42ea709da8f47d514d2cd1d SHA-1: d0283802fff9d2040cef9fc116d64c982e01eb88 SHA-256: b2d9ff622f391412438bcc8c0ab7f04544075bdc0ccfe7ce5ea13b25344527ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users through these numerous links to potentially harmful destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://baongochoa.com/upload/file/bisedovobibuniziw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/gamorad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/nedelumexowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9j6esl8e5532tsbaed265s880f/10340214660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ff6f52471568c4ffa6809b4da47469/nuwerezowavexusopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aeac31c39a77424078677f67527d56f/66293739393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727fd1e7e1c---67898929894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xovunoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/ranosibuwugobofilunarano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/707466cfa38cb37e743580e2043bca5e/85677854700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39669c3596---mipabofelonekixonabeputul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raiders71.com/clients/4/41/4134020f2f298c111575624a380fabfc/File/sulejuludugajapewefeliwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/add124bbb5d109384f45faf5e7ba5e20/83782967990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///kuvizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiabiru.com/contents//files/pivajakevobalifigipeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boilerservis.ru/uploads/files/warafasixarezijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac23d1c8cde---24052865327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021061805052577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/zeparimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d48f80eedb---siviwipogime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/ratujinopoworidapovamesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d64009abbd---ditosivusuvuwunux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/49929112603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622ed654c2b24f6cdee8ad82c9099780/80093015980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4a4363dbd---pizujixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=nacl+bonding+structurePDF 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_off0000ebea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBEA 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 8f7c2b351727e92721fd7d9befc99e1a440aacc774f21b6b3f700c4b486d32ca
font_01_sfnt_off0001049b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1049B 16424 bytes
SHA-256: fbb4ada2b1e50bed6c28f9abce16c659894a8faad6dfa209407fea7636231317
font_02_sfnt_off00012f4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1