Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2e3e6be6f99ebf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:57:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f02d963cc0f3b5a704ca7e5e2091ec99 SHA-1: b4c5b2f310b38f6786487eda21ca955a1e9450bd SHA-256: d2e3e6be6f99ebf1b50310f4b008ce52c3e142e1ff4bb6991aa98d9795089b22
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations used for hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to trick users into clicking through to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/1408295279.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbbc512390---kuxezapirurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aodlqfsoqiu147smbaord6blcs/pilitezotugetorolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef3f365d36a2b3ed1cd635c5c8498090/mufimafatakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/kukixexilabedopuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48248357638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/47604620004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/84218606569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c465877aa03---jazobujabenerumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b0fb4a4f5---7921399223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829da5b22aa---35095047692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cf348efd932e61e24b7a4e3e8b5a6d5/66342009884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4caa91ab042a14ec48d84afd14eca865/12364880703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acrpc6agueha4aeau5dm89il76/taninoripedujarakuzode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iqlacpro.vn/emotive/upload/files/54240350257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6da3943f64ddd84646f72ad2c7ad1a8b/44207595798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhsclassof63.com/clients/c/c8/c8cc7cee7579ddcd469b669c0eb172d8/File/rujulusokiguriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smitheaster.org/clients/861344/File/poxadatezutefazidemiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d05761744b15ddae257d19f11241cd4/dujofomavegomawogajagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifi-markt.org/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8523550090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082162608b71---benuxujevekiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072434848252---fexuxufudasevafavoponabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/29552776711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/rorozavakesopotitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=best+time+to+plant+clover+lawnPDF 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_off0001123d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012a54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A54 10740 bytes
SHA-256: f0d42d0609ea48207e3783671b3787b548564c058ce5910dbe43edd185b97380
font_02_sfnt_off00014317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14317 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 10b854bd89772912f3778c1a702fb4d23007a809851e80fd95766ff3cd4f0326