Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2873fdd52bae5371…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:54:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5546f3b072c8a0ecc5657de4c74c1bbc SHA-1: 68aff6a9874b972c65d5146ee1abe511d1b03540 SHA-256: 2873fdd52bae5371ad545e01c1c9e61a32689db756b29383d9990680d396ae6c
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, pointing to the use of algorithmically generated URLs and link farms to obscure the malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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.
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=viva+tv+mod PDF link annotation
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/gexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/756488925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packagingandfoodmachinary.com/userfiles/file/gemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/23960152975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613edf0fe65d5---38717294831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613552c8e138b---10199440906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents/files/68814147329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malabarisproducoes.com/arquivos/files/81568048025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/guvanasabizerakefaxozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/gojukezojegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/23206249849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowfurnitures.com/files/files/mowekojumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webbsoil.com/home/webb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gorokusejudaporomepisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hong-tour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_95BFF28FC80A107A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f782ef8187258fa6784ddaf854e99e55/51044931452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://explosivedevices.ru/media/file/29038819738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/ribakozexobigumataziwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/74468984976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.org/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/18963302938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/63988149229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133142d61347---87824581612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmfnepal.org/userfiles/files/wijetiremavexakurazig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/88210745396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elai.kz/upload/2021/09files/210910023711863965pgix0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.cIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000d8a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A6 9896 bytes
SHA-256: 057699802976308c524f4ca97987814884c4715f5cb9b2a05a8a2658aa1da439
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7C 17668 bytes
SHA-256: de7aabdadd8055789b00bf0028fb510afa96689ab241b8a4cd587139ca293a52
font_02_sfnt_off00011c3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1