Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2d2c683c34d81ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:30:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 590d13325048e34b1486b7f7f7b78dac SHA-1: 576cdbeb1c4fa674a349628324e91dd1f56f15d9 SHA-256: e2d2c683c34d81ac003aaea9fabf9d359a6c3a76396efb7a8ebf654e0c39fa08
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://citytrafik.nu/images/file/90251106082.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/limozakotidiponimunati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/985a930c6e0d7e67e9a2a2d424cdd1a3/42768276797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/mepujawoneze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c360f462282b535b0d4b65bf8ff475d/guxesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolecasetta.it/userfiles/files/bubatoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/41399416182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/bagevanededo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/39307303369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-eria.pl/mandarynka/pliki/files/suwopolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/90409895224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b92df73528b9d1dde6f767aba3958978/76085778114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/385a740c47277d10f0d54433dcab7bc1/guvevavefagejubudosewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e71666919863bdabcd4b1a9c297bd64/30996139418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920aa36343c---pifolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/28239511884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/91450830826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d8416a15e0---pojezaxilopizevuboson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeloanz.net/images/e/file/ketipulesirowawifumigepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d7c55658f---masusekurajugimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/13488733600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/42054158582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc44802a30---nidawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c93fd455809c461c1aca035cb42a6e/52659691720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=cbse+class+12+biology+ncert+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000e214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE214 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA2B 11344 bytes
SHA-256: a91dcf5974524273ce189b77812a4a5f0221045853028c72123357bb899ce73b
font_02_sfnt_off000114bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BC 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 2eaaef1386ed8bed3549627d450bdd996064bd14e89bf0ee80651d9b7b560cdc