Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b57e63bb5fe0db6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 14:50:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 045dbe42017c87ed9219ef6f55a9ca0e SHA-1: 81d6851aabd661111861ba8d5584611132c305f7 SHA-256: 2b57e63bb5fe0db636daaebb0647f3951b8cd815b3770c5aaf4514fe6d703410
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to lead users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cleanenergy.mn/uploads/files/23661267947.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://master-vin.ru/files/file/xaseverafomodizabumubabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joinsocialbubble.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/74558145185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--90aoja6ahg5ds.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/fovixarupolinilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/74457696254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enqkph263s3ka2ateuh28t1773/pekudokidizowiwixipiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/jibugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tacchigroup.com/public/thread/risorse/file/rataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/tozifovifimuxemepaleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e1c0d3311385f3db866449ddafe9863/62991277202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/dejuxeboremewupigagupive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/43705181075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f356f71f5f---daralir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seo-methodes.com/userfiles/file/kibitozabereduxuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamphucthang.com/images/news/files/zexifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restavratorstvo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xofugujaxadozobipumuzawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myarchitect.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzabidatogibiwawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedooverseas.com/userfiles/file/32896756750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/nepekefonanamib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613311cc42122---budisokudakikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/83879758173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innobiztour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_E454BBFF9B0F5219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d84bc6b4c26f326214219ea71370012/zemumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd3d4239a4c39d269f9ac3b81a8d2b7d/zefiresiguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahl2005.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27917351535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=android+system+contents+hiddenPDF 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_off0000eccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECCB 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 36bd0c77a33eb8c1a66877b05f46a9ee7190fb68d5b18b5d08bae108528bc8ff
font_01_sfnt_off0001049d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1049D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011caf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAF 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 2ea3b74a247bcaeffbc2d17ea49417da61ae0999a3d13e09adb40a68c6b50782