Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bd0c09e2c183386…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-08-05 00:46:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 48dc954ec1956da95999af743068ce31 SHA-1: 6063291a774561e5f0877aaa90c292081db2cc67 SHA-256: 2bd0c09e2c1833864a02baa59a567b62b15041e64b9ac7b3d428258778b08a6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/bixevuwijuzadopaji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stlukesfp.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59599469904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/76822159221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/141eeg2sk1g74u6nfeov9anmdp/bobel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5bb10309fc---dutewugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/zafaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxeina.com/userfiles/files/79938332314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2m9mcrhhcvv4to2o7nghkjr9k/nudazebimeritekezovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarvvv.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixabegisujukawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.ca/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/wamosatebimerivuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8142b0663---tixekutidizaxeboves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesciencenetwork.org/uploads/files/33849505607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4c25eab36a---72608653450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a7869f4e3---roxebagoluzuveruputumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/20735342425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160962c156c0b7---kuriba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/15750106505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a4e94d411aba5a0dd8d9ce93395faa/javamivopuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/69981284657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921d04a3ff052cd7d94f6e884052d96d/kexoramugokiwoxiwifunal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722c7b74f96---37552670778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791e16e1124---balizolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/28474937348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=create+fillable+pdf+form+online+freePDF 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_off000107d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D3 10664 bytes
SHA-256: d7ee6c9a311c9f9f6824bcb264cf60d8005302f61e64fc36498bab092892e39d
font_01_sfnt_off00011fee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FEE 17516 bytes
SHA-256: 546755547d81248d6d447371d90921e1159e14b4d3bc5022dcb101acc0d7c430
font_02_sfnt_off00014dfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1