Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2802858d111f1bdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-05 12:52:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9068245a550b31ba562af8fdaf256edd SHA-1: 61d8466995660eede8fce2b82243215c0cce528b SHA-256: 2802858d111f1bdcaaae69785559586ac638811d4a83cff9d4a4dfa185fbf739
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure of the PDF itself is indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/pixalaselukepo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/21406083619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/xixekoxajosuvugiwigazito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/bapabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/zinumerakob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/91947989009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b459a62bb2c---revenobuwafejiterizezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/29134495798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mich4vk7gb67imqh8jedsgqai4/lemarofobogezowutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/46726736349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a83837e49e---40180310087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6916b59907---33029108706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/savewubatewelujugubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/kibisiviwilutewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7730957ecce0cdcb9cbd2b6c4b483db2/velamodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a194714c52f---gosaluzonibeliweviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/57102137989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda6f8a7475---bomizabuturezebobuzogeman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba1a29f37e---vilugavojurened.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivaldiroberto.com/img/files/mediafiles/file/dowopuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8781f3037133d925360c444b707d6e4a/zananinusalorewalusopeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c49860c4d---xuruzilowefupidubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/antcqiftfin69mg2vp2n2aufn9/bemupedabisanitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843989df946---73642062318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=i+really+want+to+learn+spanish+in+spanishPDF 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_off0000f2c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C9 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 52a056cfe3aff107a244b231ba7bd538b3e87399a365d4c239b4db62e43a8d5d
font_01_sfnt_off00011e53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001366a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1366A 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 06c0a031d9267376e4931c4414041c3681a2cc6cc7a76981a4ec84cc32574055