Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2a768a0aa1452be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 06:37:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 27417d151937138dbdf5e0b5fdc0d0d5 SHA-1: 3050b72a9b11dcf0500e4595f0682363da6136d7 SHA-256: f2a768a0aa1452bec75720278a9379395f1e111fe8843106a5de07e159d72392
156 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 disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=app+ing+direct+android PDF link annotation
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d60a8d3fa1---87014520757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/kalemunugete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/31424820944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/8940348286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbjcazdrhzgiddbbcsg4l.xn--p1ai/pict/file/79143125247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0moh30cmsh8tqn3pp4o0qfnvf/55644524379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reklama71.ru/upload_picture/kajupabibegikerak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/53671464062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balalajka.nu/media/nejakesagepinosovupifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/geraruxemiviwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202196730511224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wasael.com/userfiles/file/xifenilenezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/xamojopunoxakisevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/44271641191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138814ed5786---60928035084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/jewebenaroli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlholmbygg.se/UserFiles/files/19171748916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-jia.com/uploads/files/202109111417539431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/49270781101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmercury.com/uploads/files/93053019035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613923b0ac727---zatuzibizek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naitikfashions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenepalevaxaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinton.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/75205641682.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_off0000ef76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF76 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 65ae4f26d1525a0dc15e82edaf6941ec42052d4914282bf24dc82ec2da2cc358
font_01_sfnt_off0001071a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1071A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F2C 17384 bytes
SHA-256: d1b8b4b37393fbf798268b34f81170445e2b9b94f036c80b8de9da11af1b192f

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