Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2642e74b2f5a88b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:38:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b1a4e8fb371ab4dd59d099bd407b36c6 SHA-1: 33169fd0ad94d97e0e3db00ab3025bb12c185881 SHA-256: e2642e74b2f5a88b17f62fba5e6b6686de08803aec5eba572c344afa470f726d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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://rrr71.ru/upload_picture/nutofamefabogabaguke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cf8358ccb---20520552157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/23294800083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607739eb48a1d---6835480136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607797db16cfd---93962013444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64602146c0d06760b931977233b677f0/remobarudijofevoxirewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sealjet.mn/pictures/files/ragifalovup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupavoporuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03877625dee8b10d6e5bfa1bf28d0d0a/kolewiwidedejanejesej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/mivonaxixubexukoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/zovenokidijidukakuxonuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/putotibipevavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ks6sobu3oitqia193cjsseqnb3/rivunarasubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076866c4cc86---1988637415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e20017fb8de6a2a51e4120604bddd73/94246334159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e158ad312---weziruribabedasutewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/74341752418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607030986e3bf---watojugapexakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou8147hpl3m7ie1te2pge6sse7/96396119283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/pigitewedudakobenofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d2ac1429a44454ae10d0d15e2b76776/zepilekagazukonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d00d1f4f1---towupaxenetawofigeporovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feb1589e2b1643968543df8e15e0e8a3/rikududol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/xukabago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=nitro+nation+unlimited+money+and+goldPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off000152df.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x152DF 18248 bytes
SHA-256: 0ff33fd1fb9f5be8f8c11edced3e5a996fafcf82dc3f330df01a2a0b6c6debea
font_00_sfnt_off0000f4ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4ED 17500 bytes
SHA-256: cfea63911fdf2aab2811885db92315b0799b41944afbf7b40b9c780deae0cefc
font_01_sfnt_off000122c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AE0 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 4d604888d74b51945147f320db0b792fd1bafd8179fcae6ee00d7f6f3c44d78e