Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bd892f3f519cbb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:19:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d0f4ddeb242912af58a8927168aea1ca SHA-1: 9617ddf57808362336a439376a84dd9fc3b271e6 SHA-256: 2bd892f3f519cbb388a9fe53a72d4a5bd88631385eb2c1b88145dc53250d7715
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDFs designed to lure users to malicious sites.

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://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/nobunofagujuwum.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/66129640685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/fudaditakifelekuxezazinog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/nugubafunino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ol5ls9u6j8aksqc25oho7hrv98/15415423686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-8/file/72820777185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e850da6adf051528ca24f186cabf838/64335123254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/fumegovid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/mapukikofixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddc1ea6d89---58889134984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b96707d6ecd7e7e409921459c7818f2/doketapupokeremubetug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2pums3kf94hg70moopdt9qs10/27996307149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/pegizepipigafuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/80921157542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ebc568980---pugugiketodamazevufalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021062104281873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c50b73b28bbf9452e5aba51674ada660/73735173562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/90237936731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/banozuxezage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd42497d8b918e99053324384afddea6/69635122669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09097a72c5---37953047893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/85333609015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7d9a86ed9---55013146575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.privathospitaletkollund.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58715859868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsluxe.com/clients/1/17/174397649ed9f07baa8f9d9f48c72a4d/File/tenerifimetugivijiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=billy+joel+classical+musicPDF 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_off0000dddc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDDC 19440 bytes
SHA-256: b721dbaec5280957be0ed3035ff61dffa64082a9f6a23b4a93f0651e7cb79e2f
font_01_sfnt_off00011096.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11096 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128AD 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 48e8556003c02d0cd473f0d180f82c86ba67603335f4a3631dd9628abc70113d