Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2e2ed139f1a606a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ab45c5701e8ebae97b6006551afdaaab SHA-1: 601c04385204bc3cb1c2a1806fdf33dffbcde3ed SHA-256: f2e2ed139f1a606af74a3d327927330252060b495cf6ca70e064ecc9a9c06cc7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting domains. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm designed to redirect users, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/15504506705.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde6ffe31b66507ad07b444bad814118/92268371070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/lorupexopusele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/werupevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607023bee97ae---kezuxirejikazujinakonosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/69584396367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datev.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jebolizupofaxalunuzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc3de5bc69e1cb900a9cd1c21139265/10572929811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojizalejobebaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946b247c9cc---solufamopiradokupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d3fc1dc84---rurivarevedunibofona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/dewirezuduzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6fbad0ecac5754989fe7360a5c0209d/40562124954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc42c75c271647105a1c3de702ff4230/85490160709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pegojiruxubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7rl319nl7sl6l27082d0ovau7/jekefumomiwenubevejukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210513065736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/65433050846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundreamz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43977433176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074740ed1f0c---xamavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/45486965082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92d7ec35b3---fuvijojugemexopabokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba1acttmo9off3s8bo53h2ap1/62218191244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86c9d67dd342fd940fdead3c73bde7fb/nirugurejosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=opposite+of+fatePDF 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_off0000f34f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34F 10124 bytes
SHA-256: d5a6fa5a455a8dd9b2c72060a8822d471f5ea19f93c8f3b24be75cc0b83b3378
font_01_sfnt_off00010a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A17 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 82647563ee66a683d5719616d39d13bdf56181fd5bd23ee91dda20cada4281c5
font_02_sfnt_off000135aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1