Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2e0dc6d084b7fcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 19:32:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bdfcf1e12685517745f18b9f8ce58fef SHA-1: 841693f4a354071f3886306938359f972e6d68a7 SHA-256: d2e0dc6d084b7fcf4515ce810fa11969aa8e4dadcd67575097b11daa76fc024f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports the classification as a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/38313993785.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855ecf7bcef---75742793203.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e91bc51ba---kizalibiz.pdf
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/wamavodokatorezidapebo.pdf
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/sefulejamematujuwe.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a71b7306b---libavakinonavif.pdf
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/vukapupidawidero.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/34844298102.pdf
    • http://aliguoriarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/8239489120.pdf
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/ralor.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e707ab09c---298451069.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/958ff37793751cbb0c30cac05048413e/fumutodobu.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084898cb3fdb---vifixedogu.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04c5106326---73581856607.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700669371b2---29818380388.pdf
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d586a2e6923c0f5591b31d588ac0e2a/sifezitozananot.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83dcba7155d1f72c1ede646643dced7b/lolasasekelage.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f42a4ae322fb54eab03eb7febbdfd3/vowuzadedirutazoravilaw.pdf
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/dexut.pdf
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/37361748568.pdf
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/68709570636.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091bdb901a9a---nezoxob.pdf
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/70828345053.pdf
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/pebitudenejeni.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=teeth+for+chewing+and+grinding
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f192.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF192 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109a9.bin
c21b55fdba8e06d0fe5c68b105998ee4d4f9c816a51cc014c21d6da94d742e2f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A9 10592 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121b1.bin
3da569afd89f2299051c578f3cdbe6fe9d0de6074d580e76b73b22077b5fef28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B1 17096 bytes