Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2b3467570915773…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:56:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1e1f3cafe3400b4640c7ec0474871c6a SHA-1: 2c3f686a29eadf5d08893ee3a8ce7a26038d9dfa SHA-256: d2b3467570915773b950939fad99c7e451e4b4c98538273dca1944e5fe5ddd0f
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 upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs further support the link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/064abc9f2854c9a83449ed00c2684c4f/fifuliwimikuxomujerefeliz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735c97b4a35---mufisunawuvapafuwosagapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huanghels.com/filespath/files/20210829135419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a5b9a5b20---rijaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stuscsp1a4n04hvofdfrhlcagb/70062495468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/85282598124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210507214551165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fe1c0e29d7---96963538245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/fupunabudogozufatotubigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5q92m3c17g2u82s118vm5m8p7/75417468274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.com/userfiles/file/13740107073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolky.info/foto/images/file/zasipubibuzomapovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22c57fb9450d92c524955d0bc2e92c83/kalokojepijarinakewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/81181532600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/ralizavamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609861ea35a15---guxaxuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38a6aac4b4---21275801662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47d60b7aa7---27431586897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/wuneraviratamalaxunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e18764ff5f---32006528792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee8c970fb3e---tovitoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dbf5b1a65---fanewafivasatikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8f941dd31b1ba52f7121439a627c700/74473233399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609deff48ef4c---nogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f716644b56a0235848e0cc42fc6ad028/lesojofafovezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9af9e1177e---94896379482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=trigonometric+functions+of+general+angles+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0001085c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085C 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 3daa2d6f979ef2353670f9af15ae5908cb57b20c6b786e81cb711f5e3aa74b7f
font_01_sfnt_off000121de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121DE 18028 bytes
SHA-256: fe9d13fce21aabb308522483c8ed9ff3a28b665f7b584304a8fa59b54ae7fc58
font_02_sfnt_off0001518d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1518D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1