Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2dba32162ab4443…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:43:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: b2dede2291101882feb9b78f30ee4661 SHA-1: 5500b7e61b3911c69c87f4db5803733c768649a0 SHA-256: f2dba32162ab444340b42f3c6d922b405921a3ce8d36fb614b15f2d3be0033bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external URLs points to a watering hole or phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=waiting+for+godot+by PDF link annotation
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b0d777ab8---rejiwisoxejonozinirujade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a803e82faec---59203897628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814cb8d8ca6---jibexavapalonavup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/wixezoxowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/paxugadiletumusokekil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893ac591b13---54368788317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a222b097dd9---87953981773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd2dd10325---28839886726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj2o8jgn1oo16avh8abmd2hft0/vapujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5190kg1phha3s8i4mgqtbl3r3/retutofafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d7d8174bd---49900348987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3ee5b3167a---loratupesukojigekakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b701a7a2---torosaxitudenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7nsmeog3u310ur42c8kvvod3i/70232788101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longearedhounds.com/clients/65743/File/nawixotabejakegoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608554b6b6678---928064943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/78027518515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bc9a276617c71265c419e247ab8844a/dujazowefaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/40443636911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgggqgrnuu6dcj8bcaqtckfl8r/resugasutikitapere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eosg48tu4dm3skjj6hd4odiprj/60512942371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee51iem3e5pjganld5o39j2lff/10685582804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50bbe4094e72e7a3010725af6da1016c/dexoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/tetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/tekege.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_off00011709.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11709 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012f20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F20 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 4d3517a9e114b31e7c277bc6ad91b6aeb112c37767734e2df41e726b57cc3096
font_02_sfnt_off000146af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146AF 27820 bytes
SHA-256: 3ed2cf7a2b68197d138aa45695eb42acb06dd7a60ea5ebe2d21ff85b92dd9b66