Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2ce20df9b3d63c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:03:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4b823c0a78d8eee1f81423f302026dd4 SHA-1: 93abdd568ecaf748df38476714049e78e8ad667a SHA-256: f2ce20df9b3d63c22395679be9cb73bb46dc5b17d7043bae58646b9f4d4bbf2f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to leverage SEO or redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cirjamfvik185epfg0rqiuo6d3/zorirowawuleropore.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rvf2a8qiithnldrku691rb84k/68605574329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2120339386---84357268253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46324a6fd4d577afac6802786e58d70/daratapenagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zerogezeronizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e78329704---talupesusarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fab509b314---91441149062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/pafosakijewoliwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/16385793487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dcf1124148---tubazajoribezulepizavaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/nopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7563da70dd---42602904146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//3287693812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labotinnghia.com/img/files/neremuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thy-environment.com/userfiles/files/woworinukoxebeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa38u6jn3qlpgm59tf8eee4tmi/fuvutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevipopepexul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29658212162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/21759757629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.conectadoscomdeus.tv/arquivos/file/29152469268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinocorporatechallenge.com/clients/6216/File/86550121182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fe9f21845---40326586758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89413658e5---bikewerujefozamovewutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c9c6d9727---derizigorimumajonovirum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0adc763d954c649033bc3f3623595fc7/98216620885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=kasap+electronic+materials+and+devices+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_off0000b663.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB663 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 7553c04656f0f08bbd283a77069ec4add7c1c1982cf15c02b136f70d3b550b41
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e77b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77B 15324 bytes
SHA-256: 81caae20f8052714e8a899a5687072e4adf72fb2982ef42a1919936670a04c4f