Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2317f69b1c0e3f03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: be5b7aa8ecae4652f805d0ce513517e7 SHA-1: ef63ab9ce0677a0797b978559165694337dca54a SHA-256: 2317f69b1c0e3f033a25a80d280069e765972ab3c99ca813d20088cf6af783ed
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting domains, 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 PDF structure itself is used to host and distribute these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cgoualmrn5bmsmv2n0afq4s3s/17274631834.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52455b5f06baa394ccd43cf9f31a0402/13518417191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ktpp8ftnb52g0riuao5vukmha/takom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n85v130vfabop8d7qa3sd6hrm0/41948987978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0sftn2f3in25cg0o6emo1j4clb/losalewazuxilefoxini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/37626825158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edb908820d---68711310819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/pofivibatakowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c902367f8d---vovotusibupitafisotexobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d091oc8a18abs9nrp43kis4vmv/regukokapoxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/begasugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/42379143752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52072911452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/borijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu8qoqm0oj1usvjfm6o0q2gaf6/riwimegejamepidulewolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b3ea4ddf4---76736451374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/49962654305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c396ab2cd61---gulomikipuwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufasixamulunavolano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/luzusibujefegujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r94qk7hsll9kere9l2macedgc8/domexozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/075f9157f1cf5fe78a056e086f27f80d/10011880051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=extreme+thirst+after+eating+sugarPDF 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_off000105be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105BE 18208 bytes
SHA-256: 61e02d8ac9d5b3fa3edcc1a934b0ee702204887d4866748d70dcd128e1f7e499
font_01_sfnt_off00013545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13545 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 7bef8aa4ef8b7077db116c05c2b527e0d4bc9aa08254320033c5992aa75c63bd
font_02_sfnt_off00014d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1