Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2befff0487616940…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 01:32:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4372db4f9075aad5018d740cfd301ab8 SHA-1: f59a421da58267698e997fb16bd3f14a1463b16b SHA-256: 2befff0487616940ebc1a70d7e3a643f638e282f92a4df3b787345dee25dbf3a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on potentially compromised websites or disposable domains, as indicated by the 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to other malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://cribpointonline.org/cribpointonline/userimages/file/26429297329.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://seger.cz/userfiles/file/masubeninovutiguto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/kokedadotujekijiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles/file/tesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopurono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlaamspatientenplatform.be/_plugin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79200147702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a99fa797de---31043418856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/33122542721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubfila.in/files/file/rozelebasevibasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b0d5b1dd60---xotivotelovebojetelidum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/41979097921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/xidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/turijoteworelado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/xopexebisuzefopogekaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613078e5c400b---63590792542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/bozajose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4yoga.by/pics/files/38252284903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25415691146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/mejebolukokikivanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e95c7de67---88196757299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210911114434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/62321851510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426382def98---75430072871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/daderamobupavozes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+ios+on+android+tabletPDF 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_off0000e7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7D6 17816 bytes
SHA-256: ef7c4df8102b07eebaaeabe4c7024ec1a5b9ef6677417f05876121cad1de0b1c
font_01_sfnt_off00011561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11561 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D78 10456 bytes
SHA-256: f6b318b80936492d527ec3fcc2975afca1d4cb8f356b41b76fe50486315cd563