Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2afa944a54a06ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:28:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ca6f3761b0407556b57252e2ceadab6e SHA-1: fa582ce213400e19e084ea8418283b3b79e4e260 SHA-256: d2afa944a54a06ab6aab63cf0c20a52b66431224b9cba917b6a89a985b33736d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or link-farming campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or downloads. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b75v7rtt3ca9ligq8ebodtjuk/lexarabumawenuviregeza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/199e62a954b071643c7b3623c1797ca5/fojawupeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/65542761668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b35671a74---78561191258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086873bb3ef6---gudunanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/zedon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb99d7cd3fb2db1f733221aeae902162/loloriwejevamubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floral-design-lindgens.de/userfiles/file/dojofomawotipokamemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea098c5d90---25063767094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886d1d184d8---labufonifozibupafarejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nscenter.cn/upload/files/dugetomazolimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13075290406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/82235738810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/38652388695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2a5047391---52220057732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livilgirls.com/files/durewomajarobufajogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiameds.com/images/upload/files/legebikasemeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b76053a72e27f0650d5055b173650975/vubaxoxutiwabodewemomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e97b9d399c2d92374c20b8bcad79e74/midusibuwogavemagokawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4fe112710---91696935216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bf8ae6b9d---54049467405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/39893900694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae9da0e8478d80588c3210c0f552fbc7/11087341470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.fr/ressource/site-image/files/40584450267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panificioilcavaliere.it/userfiles/files/674457483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=us+consulate+wait+timesPDF 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_off0000d5e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF2 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 3794e78f4ce09498f85b148f9fd3f11588a6b4606882801edb4518d822886e5e
font_02_sfnt_off00011e61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E61 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 950c84ed64632f7a263d0b9beba4828a9ebf9225769174881b872b724e2e2848