Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a6b0cbed4ab7546…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 13:21:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 29c08d968753570a6c099ed610b09cb6 SHA-1: faf423dbf7b18cf630b989835e8054ab0da4a816 SHA-256: 2a6b0cbed4ab7546ceece9570ca04638ae4095bf07703745dfc586beeb6d848e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking links that likely lead to a phishing page or a second-stage malware download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://huangs.tw/uploads/files/202109062250537556.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410ce4955f6---95057091262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/ramelezitegojepokeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servicedental.it/userfiles/files/81652222610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterref.ru/editorfiles/file/susekupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmondo.com/userData/board/file/wapedoziponiweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/babdb824b50d522b8d0578d53e829022/xilafujuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/25825066804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harteron.ee/userfiles/file/44546938460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/rezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tolgyesvolgy.hu/userfiles/file/102133970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/2021951312448893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/86256524424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337901e2957---21889923562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stabiactiv.com/userfiles/file/73044662367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/17023593690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vili-al.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/88158048484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungkienthiet.com/upload/files/gajejadarorijabile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f509235ecf---lemagakolegewoxutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.serwkom.pl/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gededudubegine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/dugozipilujukobasosavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexopomobawitezokaruraduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoklej.pl/app/webroot/media/files/62190086719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/51709059226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisleriuber.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malamowovubivir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=maze+runner+4+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cfad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFAD 16232 bytes
SHA-256: e06ebeaa2bb94d9bf14337b0794fec2c9c4a66e30291689b6f6234bfe360c8a5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e591.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE591 10196 bytes
SHA-256: 22426ae2422dd0f620b77373889219fe3d68716793b3fa01e7841211ea33e77f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001149c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149C 22128 bytes
SHA-256: 2951d5465369d562c589bb73d51bfddcfa7713c8c7251cda675cf3456ecc7147