Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2125b6f7da489b01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:35:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7e9b5a6966ae54048fec1291865d219e SHA-1: e9eb6fbead8cea44930105f76ddfd492c48ce869 SHA-256: 2125b6f7da489b010816dc986915804879245f54ee43585773023dfdba093351
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of a malicious document designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cea27201078b68ac63cd16fabb538282/fizuwonanezugekef.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d4eee5d28---luzubasowalefakarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607278283d6fe---taguwugujefulokamatanij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/wilubopopejetuxijemimuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9b59b2d3f---28372835405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/32949896749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd1f53d8a5---jepexogogumilafusulirubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822e514e5a5---nabopatiweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/vadomadide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/foluninaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovc0biiu2a5na253uji3os217k/lalipubolubijobudaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/temewekaxufavemulorasijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/71984377926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/mozawurul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b66936a099338105312f0e8a5c0acce/77795325067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210527005052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivuvafaxamumexure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036228e1ff72659b3ca022249443872f/40423949107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/81983020948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093238f245d9---30872200332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=insight+english+book+class+7+solutionsPDF 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_off00010c2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C2F 17248 bytes
SHA-256: c96f0ea862f159d0f057f616d9d9c559bf2fcfe06fbaa9b3097fa70279320395
font_01_sfnt_off00013910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13910 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 41a28560cbdc6bca86e80d23898ec9145b7d6dedb3f7e82a7aa7e909983a3fc2
font_02_sfnt_off000151bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1