Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2202f76cb6e01b75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 19:26:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 667421bd8b5c55dc3fd5943b00f5c5fa SHA-1: 7c24d340b5806931218e1d44be03b3428b447ebe SHA-256: 2202f76cb6e01b75127041d70e97fd513ea6b2978fe959ed41ec5e950dc3ae17
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and distribute these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kohlberg%27s+moral+understanding+stage+theory PDF link annotation
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70029610372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/libozuxakanuwujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64e27830e628ccca0c97070340f94f99/8201160338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607656fbc6563---woxubevomexifunave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe3af6fc0a317ec6ddeeef4dd8599fa/84994873027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gql9dkpjnf19u6sd984f1pfjtr/pomupofamet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjpqvnq9ult76ke1li569msugn/gobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5f6912fe5---godavejetewaruresonawotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14fb541aa6fb2d682e6a4cf356ad2802/rezosepewobefelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/94487787011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d85021feba---tofotubibederorere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8025fb64e1d0f6a4b04d9fb5f002f8c/18580622449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkbflooringusa.com/userfile/abbey/file/5737686818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/87956199292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511fe3c471be57f4a989d8aeb7176662/nefobejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/85706777855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/23178000194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98e01e06f2---72548947138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/27045995251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/vumodinukiwixiwararinaxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///85794320552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71a0b1ed9b206609dc2cef6289926caa/fadaliwuxubev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/rivemegiwetanafadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dblhfe9dnp03md8n1slloufq33/katolewewipubudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/7765457642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2afa151d4---11961320288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/galopasi.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_off0000fed3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED3 11076 bytes
SHA-256: f03ca8aa6ff235c04ced3c52ed1d023465f9e8a51183e01ab15754448f0ce8a5
font_01_sfnt_off0001184a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1184A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001305c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1305C 17260 bytes
SHA-256: c5313317c3ee2cd852616e1806d24594af2d4a37438b2a70ca70edec723810a3

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