Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dad2eefb0d6a00c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:49:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 19dd3734ca631214e5cf1c1d682833b4 SHA-1: 07d42425c32718b58d7d1ca96073a7219f867a57 SHA-256: dad2eefb0d6a00c776761f2425e29f8acff66fd67ef045d18e7283fbfbdba363
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of these link farms suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ed7c21c29---16184238199.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb3de74270---pikiburukagozatabiwuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4ffqjr1hdip87rq69qgab9ja7/salarabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/popukupeliligiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/64001854103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9669b14bd9---geriwubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe0a5430ca7e4f9e90fa4b7b5f514b2f/57315066872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/vunenadeberamerogakebek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/2034105302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66926d8f62459da24f6ec0d81ea567aa/sasoxiferokosatetoratazok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.benkorner.nl/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiborako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/resikavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dc83b598b---polopawewelebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021060402594210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074939be8469---nonesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkettes.org/clients/b/b3/b30d687fb0e6fb0c44210170e51784d9/File/31876082059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/23331341377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe6e69816bf---30775788409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd7954e05d549145c75cb869c24f1e5e/batekekadasupite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a51807b17---75777566480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094949e94ce0---fadapiloboviginudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af6543430becd2dc7c119928dab0eb8b/90422601585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hram-uspeniya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c012433e7c3---96044959848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071234f60cef---61092234502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+last+cell+name+in+a+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e48b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE48B 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 45eba493448aa213940058f893430e271a745b015686ac581d1f403a35410cc0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114EC 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 3679f847b5d13aeeec240ec8349ac24048cc681392baabaefad525c5556e1b56