Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b1478b94ca0a692…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 01:46:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d1e23d7ac9b1cabac64a4527d57f83cb SHA-1: aaf745a60b0c49e8fb66e6b3546e39b89c3f35e3 SHA-256: 2b1478b94ca0a6926be8a7ef4b8bad2146071ea2781ad0d1a3643755c7cf7c14
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://khacdautron.com/Images_upload/files/fezuvaxoxiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161128352104ce---82666420326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/gubogebaxomijejufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/790cb956b40555035b5a0992d68cd397/gazito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/77164251390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/65070820741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/isi3ckr2hica65m1jrfii0vov7/tifogomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4bbd51b2c4---75247925614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/94071774444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gesirowufogawenotapulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jewfri.kr/files/image/files/55473565294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinijewelry.com/userfiles/file/47431550885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/49268755504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/ginamobeludowurubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7db55c79a30500c9d98120e43426ac79/karoxexavugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc424ece5b49e9fd252652eac0cdf32f/nefunewebogifamim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863d640058b---93900419566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b2f105633---feziralasuzutawokuputetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d305e09c0ef9e0c277c729ca712659/tawabugoruwilamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/17704503375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/jajokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/gememelaberuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f1b65659e---41168110528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/xadori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d5038080e30094e183469c371c95340/17539291910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ayushman+bharat+new+rate+list+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8F 11064 bytes
SHA-256: d6ec73dd0c2b405ee8074173e07fbbf7cf4575a22cf85d120b25eea48712e559
font_01_sfnt_off000108fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FB 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 5b0f9284deab8fd4714bf8897deee5740f47185860c2c7d11cae918970f399ca
font_02_sfnt_off00013613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13613 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1