Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a507887d72cca6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:31:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f868bbfca78ef505011a07f9b446bba7 SHA-1: 288e6f02c0c147d8b8052ce6a4976c97b8d50703 SHA-256: 2a507887d72cca6d7ea40fa5b16f102e8dd7068967b637b9203f994e36f4ed5f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a sophisticated attempt to obscure the true malicious destination. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc6a119599---xowezudorofujofalewenid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859f17ace3f---simupune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2f3a3b87f---wajiwewinibelujaguxetuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c10mk2udndpno09mustqs9ph2/67685043254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/93385903947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/85600206329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/bufeniwufozetuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/tazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nnc8gkrdmhmg4qg99dbp7egdm6/xafanulibawoxojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk1cmuglakp2767kqd5e1aheg4/75793704307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec14d800c6---fuzikepozuludurafoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/70034516771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a570838ff11---11279232215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/25091079380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bulivolazet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/xibozolirijuxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33f9fe1667---nonexekusolafolaritigewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/73269968108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/50571523764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/7073825533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/siribo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ec6ce755e3e9c987157f0921b041c40/depenonudunevudokirovopiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38c7d24f3eb14e8ff9c92055ee810fa7/godar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/butatazatilipegofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/3910305934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=why+does+the+bottom+of+my+fridge+keep+filling+with+waterPDF 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_off0000e2ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BA 11372 bytes
SHA-256: eddf5d12923bc62c6de39cd63a4a4413dfd28a805b242007f5bcdcd21c4b80f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCEA 17848 bytes
SHA-256: ce00b16d1e16a6f8ce2117cab5529352ea47fade4fa17b1b8dafeb13392b87df
font_02_sfnt_off00012aad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1