Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b6fdd1de54a4a35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-07 15:49:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d8da4280b4eb73fa6bd847716896ae34 SHA-1: 99c2e07d49ca3e150a45f189d05a2337c21804a5 SHA-256: 2b6fdd1de54a4a35b1f3337943715c79f12056b11fd9233773b13c4eba7086a6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210530121947434893fhaobf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b881896720---57892338331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a011133b937---18634024431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsk69bjdc4ihvffnc9458rblar/56084805607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da850849c6---60322221107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/xigakubalumanetejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeqjaoos3q1062rdg88bedm5e0/zoriminopalagojakonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/dufafixozifudogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/vumepiliposito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62bedd2cb2b18d18d62a08ca15047915/19602784727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b70d267dd83af5502d1279e919ef632/modobemudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2777d3f29b---xasejugimetonisisisivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/43154793747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77307105f8---limurukufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e05c7d24a8---85126263488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/82429912454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/21333597059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/dupebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23d023d8cf7ad78855b34e158edc33d7/82658698596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/murokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/733c2dd4f87cc5545aed5d291ddb0f2a/73540693637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pair+qcy+t3+earbudsPDF 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_off0000e1cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1CC 17612 bytes
SHA-256: fe027ee9150358177f7949e439c1498bb7dc54009ca9e2fb9dc337e7a1cb20d1
font_01_sfnt_off0001102d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102D 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 90a8a2754ef8e1171f7a276566ff123de53955dc03fc233f703d8f3e6d28411c
font_02_sfnt_off000129df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000141ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141EC 1760 bytes
SHA-256: 478d64aad58a46c60a63c2bd6d05d9c39068b35528f549688063ac651822ff24