Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2d0d23a7382bc52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 01:06:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c8d0d7fdb1ce3a36e100e2c9c06e2322 SHA-1: e4b4ee04bfd74fef4e20e3f770e0c066573d5aec SHA-256: e2d0d23a7382bc52ea022db8b563f824241f739527e72bc92eec285ac4f1124e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link farm directing users to numerous external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=baixar+50+tons+de+liberdade+google+drive PDF link annotation
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/worikufeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b858a6554ecd82e6d3765e9495377b7f/tinixuwatijofejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/84866376497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/dipunalojeguvavobepemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd361061c01---31115782839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7ejtehpaeq5agr0qg1thkv9a4/46709300102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f399d5030e---worazegadosevufazobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atccs3.it/atccs3/fckeditor/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wesikojuligujakuguwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f2b2dbbe4e6c8b3481f457a5ec3357/jajagomaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/tovekage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6847701859---borojubasixomejanedebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607119681a18e---fowekufotufegobolove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/65933924778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcstaiwan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22055004704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bii3kreoi46kiqip2fj5n7n444/91433351799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a7e98a67d---giluwewiloxugifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/regezuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adfdc9f365f---leniredezoxefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6e907f52e---lokenefunusatisenetelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7207d1fff9---femivatarusat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jjg59qod0jn9ucqg863fv3k06/jigubowuviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10eaa75038---rakusulefapoladabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/07/03/file/18047286372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f641629c42d---7054458401.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_off0000dd2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2A 19100 bytes
SHA-256: 6f2c23a2237cb88bbbd3674599343ef946948faef2f3be05764c1fa215fa33a3
font_01_sfnt_off00010d21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012538.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12538 11040 bytes
SHA-256: ae60b1bda06ec146d7223f31c2706fba92cfee11d7732a94505fa71ca0efa246