Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a2a67eda1c61053…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-30 11:35:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 687e5d8562757af7f01c756a4f7c26e0 SHA-1: ef5ec8e7092a7d232d6892ae3d2e8857366ec216 SHA-256: 2a2a67eda1c610531849c448a7729d069a3fc98904b894e316d8f03675428777
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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 https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/19397482676.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/purelari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lactopad.com/uploads/files/newiwopidelonolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/2997151185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/kivizazulagameva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/74275224970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/68448071150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/ludovuvisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc373fd1931---48677007996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/70637688646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tabularasa.lv/sites/tabularasa/uploads/documents/files/48863684550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29629781699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783269bd39e---16934602856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9tp3bujr2se4cl1oggdg90pt0/bifuvovedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429195432763764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanthanhlapcongty.biz/upload/ck/files/42615571651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/kapatipawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turasmobilya.com/img/editor/image/file/13306535424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6a7d80bd9---32574477795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruq0s2p7f6lf8vctp56ehq3g2a/76882717752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38365851739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/84376955738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e6af3913c87a51959f1843fcbf8d2a8/83070830353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mik2pc0i6gbe4plgc8j47jk8s0/zesezeximaxenigilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef69187abf597240082fd866eb550ffb/47207427115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/29297417996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=edd+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000eb5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB5B 17660 bytes
SHA-256: bab3648ebe22c3a76a3f537b336a554d4a01809c99e87d06c529c6686c4956a7
font_01_sfnt_off0001191e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1191E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13135 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 83a15ae3eeac4349911669e7f14079e916b2cb76d6d4c3b6d8759932382f17a2