Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a59fe771a7eeb83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.5 KB Created: 2021-08-05 23:12:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 172e2bde524446fde8939a5d82a6818a SHA-1: a5425bcf34191bae8b398598682821c691d7efdd SHA-256: 2a59fe771a7eeb83075f76232c3c7f74527f9c7e106dfc5fad947fa0f8d1b715
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves presenting a link farm that likely leads to the download of a second-stage payload, disguised as a legitimate file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32cdad6f7b---bitodafagibavizotox.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917ea0469d1---27930978707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/23233226671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fireprovietnam.net/luutru/files/8297593789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3243dce54---nubimaxibemogipoxiboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keigan-productions.com/clients/863431/File/69061873443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765eabc2caa---23041190042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlsconsulting.net/cms/files/File/35708115752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/dumib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/xagulegebupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/daruxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/bozosusiriwanenaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/jojopapetuzedefumewevone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8922a92eabf7831d778c9bcbcf7c2a3/33239644508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/15667749397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/siwagugixino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/kosidovufema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34f8od3ge7i4m8uhrko1dq1poh/fuxajawepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/pekutusalubewurimotakolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c7a7784bf---mimipakavowepawikimowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliotoconsulting.com/clients/862286/File/82472123333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okulsanmalatya.com/imgup/file/13505308522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/rezovidofozozavoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o23f4inuq1160avttg6v2lks2/86699813584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=download+adobe+flash+professional+cs6+full+crack+sinhvienitPDF 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_off00011d56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D56 18300 bytes
SHA-256: d8ff91e8d46827e42030fe46e4f698911989da10985f76bdc4dd2bde379e1758
font_01_sfnt_off00014c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001646b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1646B 11368 bytes
SHA-256: 40e0cd7bc957187e78e5cb409fc787f15311aa7e4e911e138229f056fb078de7