Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a10450b9a7bbdd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:45:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2f0e7ddbb468cf6cfe4e0375ad5df9cd SHA-1: 652e529b5ade5e6be0f4cbe4b1d6903d725f8d0f SHA-256: 2a10450b9a7bbdd70bd16f9d5e69210e1dfcb10aa166da51c104c12c16f95614
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+app+lock+fingerprint
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/4791330563.pdf
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2556534782.pdf
    • http://lavalnerina.com/userfiles/file/zolow.pdf
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/95904647628.pdf
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/juvogulovonidanigefagerex.pdf
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/zotel.pdf
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/wekurijozinojivumofoji.pdf
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/jibabesozit.pdf
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396518b6b7c---22599092285.pdf
    • https://cosmeticdermatologymiamibeach.com/uploads/data/files/85007163889.pdf
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/nemazitowopasepivavoz.pdf
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/74835595061.pdf
    • https://ginecologmuresan.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21455799958.pdf
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/35636466554.pdf
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/vevewudigabo.pdf
    • http://izmirtavla.com/upload/file/volalisunufikivimevibak.pdf
    • http://awfiowv.love-mrt.com/upload/files/38197369338.pdf
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69140925849.pdf
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojakut.pdf
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents/files/24164590540.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hiqoe62q7udimejkjp6rn1ihsn/24971780539.pdf
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333e6d6563d---12735167334.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eveorm8o2cs1dmpv921csrbi3s/kumufajasiwoxu.pdf
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59609546316.pdf
    • http://apex-architect.ru/images/file/37269839013.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbf1.bin
2d7fd8e5d01f22126f9b1ccf303337c7354d90104430109211f0a509cb9e7e7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF1 10924 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f56d.bin
21a267c819eeb1a4bc6f900b7873816ecab9653d5a81abf6a0bcc83c78b3029a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56D 17512 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001227d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1227D 16792 bytes