Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2ff1ae6c979a808…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 02:30:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4611b3febfdffa692f670fbb0eb4c791 SHA-1: b1165c7fcf6a2a52fe31ae28d84aceed610f79f2 SHA-256: d2ff1ae6c979a8087dbbb8c64ec8746ab13d6abc1d5338e82f8c2ae06fa1212d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external URLs, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+compose+mean+in+gmail PDF link annotation
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbe9f31242---29705037924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62fddceef0---domojibumiwusezutiwamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607641d2d4709---fulerugepajekibenuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9172930c8e---dowufajapurexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snypes.nl/img/customer//files/foligelagapotetas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb2679b4b6---38657577748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/gusopugowifaruvene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd495e63ff8---30225602816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/foser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwozisibavulizodujikozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/domh37jdk9msbpddl2cluopifd/4291134343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f8737431d---95918042032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd7ffb330a---98894242607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe61829363---mekesifoxebudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avvocatoboretti.it/file/22085278878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltop1976.com/clients/24685/File/59432524752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13cacaab684481b5a88abba34d1ef9eb/pokumavekuviban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1m6mf6u1ds1809s6u2jemioh1/79487436096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nei0m7v39rd0ha69jl9kp5fa67/48177852239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b586b8bc9ba63afb23447651357bc376/53444107203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8d489d259f---kilaruporizujomatofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/xivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/mugugisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6187a13c52bf7a202d9b1145514cff93/12061645973.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_off0000f6bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6BF 20684 bytes
SHA-256: 5bdc71c3617e53be4fef99e98c9c906bd0b9cd489421ea4e2600ffc07fe4a2ea
font_01_sfnt_off00012ba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000143bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143BB 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 2bf3c93e566228ffb99e22b35db02809b3de560ccc59424b83b18a5c9c82521a

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