Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2810d29f12e86d33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:09:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bfdb8968c8e0dac9e8cf7c53ee9af0f2 SHA-1: 1a26f37b754c416e27f97806e479187dc9924e7a SHA-256: 2810d29f12e86d33e308dbbcef538ef9816e7286f5a0dfd9b4f24240b80c30c5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML flagging strongly suggests malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/bejagujipofilemogif.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.com/uploads/file/54365401562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomanirafipowakulenulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78bloj40pphe9sfscvrl8pajg/27430212037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzino.eu/userfiles/files/tofipijifonexekuvobaxadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mallenmediations.com/mallenmediations/images/userfiles/file/zisowab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themalc.org/files/file/94300661782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210913194447_mad68p.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misbahelmudii.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9930222138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bf8638bdc---48148007927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/57153989337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufejaxuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/61470481773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/11144230776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirindhorn.net/upload/File/moximit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoprofile.ru/userfiles/file/98756023725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613320fa46fcd---11618992307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/tabodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/pegudatudefililomudiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/sadesozopapabanejurinubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioschicchi.eu/userfiles/files/19710580631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/xukukomatatiganelavanofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26726814409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/pazoxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+root+oppo+a12PDF link annotation
    • https://b2cdemo.tickets.com/content/files/67506410343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisiana-arts.org.s150269.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/kabugu.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_off0000d4a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A3 17504 bytes
SHA-256: c568838732f57ce3425f1fc340ffc7d73349e8629348f92516643beb2afd1fc6
font_01_sfnt_off00010285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10285 9952 bytes
SHA-256: e4b1c0d9686248c2a662702893cb4be60b1981f283124a2a1236044006ae6c8f
font_02_sfnt_off000118bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1