Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b3972aba6cfa8d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 06:28:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4a56edff32fe2d8239b406be5247d80d SHA-1: 707272c013c94823009e84e54d150e98c960eff3 SHA-256: 2b3972aba6cfa8d46821e8a6f516e0b889ed8969214be5f85a29d71c6fabccb3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of many external URIs suggests an attempt to download or redirect to a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://hagelkonzept.com/userfiles/file/86840286800.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/tafegaxilisada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/tevoloruguzavosepogawofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5107971412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/gufezerubojovesumulidarew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce43ca98dc---nemuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taucaotoccatba.vn/images/news/files/tasegibowubijotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f44c43cda---nuvalipukube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farashimirooz.com/files/fulumagegifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velomagazin.hu/UserFiles/file/ratofizenunelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncvpte.in/userfiles/file/xirutipodikojuwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ummdsin0f7t2i61mc688l2g87/89193934159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hide-bo.com/img/tmp/file/52264949576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le383.com/uploads/files/zedunemusafuxaforevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24a7a839b40bf7134551f974a7943bd8/wugasamuduveximogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/bovigugenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosbaffo.com/userfiles/files/samipafugezujipunaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/2021912105125903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obras.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/13441713442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumiwerezusixivipaduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents/files/52066212040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/mufumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badgerhillfarm.uk/tajevikulafejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12862103380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613013dda7f8f---48255596580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=fast+and+furious+1+free+online+moviePDF 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_off0000e862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE862 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 94509c433dc881f3c67d6cbfcc8a3156c0ae309dad97a71993a8988a10b47dea
font_01_sfnt_off00010107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10107 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11919 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 67d663ac4802346713e03f25398844431324d37c0849fcefcba490eff96fc0ba