Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2b3df34ba4a5641…

MALICIOUS

PDF

122.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 05:12:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 460239b1ec0aa7d4de73e3b449bedbbb SHA-1: 547218bf6e03805f0cba3bc027050d30e4a0a061 SHA-256: f2b3df34ba4a5641b34df6ba77b1a75ebff39f66b3fe2c597a1a987137689778
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed here, further supports malicious intent, likely for redirecting users or executing further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9804

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://diphong.com/uploads/95129508247.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/41391142843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911d9606965---24986156969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk9j8j5octc8ujs3v85b4dfvp7/93546120556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/bitepalixipezaluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schlosshotel-murten.ch/userfiles/files/rubiwisumukotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55b94f473beafe9b9751cb6f8e54496d/90707676771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad694c508a3---59985047792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/gewawujubisesozosapizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pv88m19h800upk7fjt81pnvgu/vevijufodopigebamubupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0086a87f5---vepesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e3171961e---56130028778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/7032438920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/38727388313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/buxifivutatapakivema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/16556363681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33738285724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di9j9tojjsa0oemq3e0jvi6jn4/95450371461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/fipamerilonolebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/metir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ed328f8f148f638f452f214a4af4965/33715687172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ravov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da83ae6ae95---76216254639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4ccf0d573d---72047206736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a983fe91d58---babepaxasunojekunobeborax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac79e4c2196e52ab0a6e41bb74d9d083/41305591877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=famous+mexican+mural+painterPDF 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_off00017c73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C73 10712 bytes
SHA-256: a45b74d802ca33056fb3cc3c171411c4777e6e0a72d253f976fd782667c1f98d
font_01_sfnt_off00019511.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19511 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001ad23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AD23 18972 bytes
SHA-256: 3acc11cda49e187fb613ae5389cd0c502e0212bbfc9ed1f841ceccae8fbe8128