Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce2a7ff1a2a2469e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-01 08:23:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 45da1b95f514ef136c938b090a64550e SHA-1: a4295374bd544f962df1b1fb627fb475f3483a8a SHA-256: ce2a7ff1a2a2469e4dfec2841c65739ac010258fba6b3fb38dcfb1e4bb753e69
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=abecedario+minusculas+para+imprimir+letra+por+letra+grande PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760a26b859e---75257423825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ad439c4d8bda29493ee1fcc32016090/lurizifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f2f54e871---xuwofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3dbf2a66b---58657509244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenithmetals.com/files/nubebozudigaxexevofunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea521ac4b4---66563666835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/pizerarit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/9091994786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/28480965172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubadipiwopafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/36475b00b2f5fbf7f4659c573484fc7f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/61683149968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsoleimani.ir/userfiles/file/1553299834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yorktownhs1987.com/clients/57482/File/jofex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/26941885607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuason.vn/upload/files/folezase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607112f001be7---40165242564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7c8e43b8f5---rozarutabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8b7ce5673---pufebuwegamemijonewomajev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b71de4694fa41ac08296431e3f6c6b67/lufesowopul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tajagirojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a799bd07d2e5c35dfe2db1dc948288f/26455604931.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_off0000e7bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD3 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 2abb9f530020c0f41557adb1b9b2318860b90d4bbcee31c538209392a7bec255
font_02_sfnt_off00011933.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11933 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 1f566d450fc07a3ea2aae3ff8cedcec2a5ef51fa7992ea9386d7f0c6248582d6