Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2ef38198281cb72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 13:08:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fac6afb8a86251969085bf43a1a06164 SHA-1: 8cccefd4f54d8bc9376b29b0118418a8375879c1 SHA-256: b2ef38198281cb72bfc290ff232e99ae4f0e6e85419efa84f9433155d48fd2a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a lure to trick users into clicking these links, potentially leading to phishing or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://tuzoltosagmihald.hu/userfiles/file/lefefopivemuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f6beca927064ef41d328cd7ef4f5f67/65798618226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9262895.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vapogusafesopujumisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-qigong-nice.com/upload/files/17182691517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69a4204a121e8fabfd75c75e30673605/38970883072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66692263319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/buwixemadegipakemir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vq4udu40evs5th8efc31dfakpq/50436221400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fazendasaojudastadeu.net/fotosempresa/files/nowavavejelat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/8095301192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3437ee3965fe832d510df910db8d7d/78447603185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kreativitaet-stadlhofer.at/global/images/userfiles/file/31458477875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yameitecl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210911_021900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upakuika.com/img/file/93294203303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayuntang.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210908033050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/55018314840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yptea.com/data/fckeditor/files/ranurimemigubonaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/tuzoruzepukoxumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everestlodgelukla.com/userfiles/file/samef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcpsystem.com/userData/board/file/32770932467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yousefmaktabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28991160014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2af81db1a95c9d1166d8b9397d80410/tikomelowotevadibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c98f02f715c5bcc3bdf1519ceded2f/mukililipegoxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=game+temple+run+2+gamePDF 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_off0000de96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE96 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 50b603b2f7b0225d7a4c7e8cef3d5b6b29c5414a7828768d799644a45068fc0b
font_01_sfnt_off00010ca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA6 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 7ed330263676fbe31d3ae51a51a30c079a14e49017fc15650f192ccbbe79ff34
font_02_sfnt_off0001247c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1247C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1