Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ca751b58633a8e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:01:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1c647bd075c6319bc89d71d0d1be2320 SHA-1: f527a0c79814df271621f31ee6de31bedc0e74d8 SHA-256: 2ca751b58633a8e1c8ddcc0ccd3531ea88a7be2d377980cd387c5780b4b89afb
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to install a fake browser extension or update, a common social engineering tactic. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=placement+test+english+level+b1+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/56988468992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef3e3a3234dddf85b1e1cf6ceb4b10e6/71141445912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpinfit.it/userfiles/files/xururopasomirivozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criollo-cocoa.com/userfiles/file/45575610362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novehorizonty.sk/userfiles/file/23751155347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/voxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202107/file/32970318174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/72537980919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datcat.vn/2018/file/70932310000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e734f126c5---mikuvemozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baocaosudanang24h.com/uploads/image/files/61563023802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/xomaminusunajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/lixukajuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/11600848277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1e1620549a570daf62f6ab7f65f94e1/girupara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9pk4kgeevm6u1lb1bunv7o3bp/98609222901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210624021246-wufiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maytinhtuyenquang.com/home/maytinhtuy/domains/maytinhtuyenquang.com/public_html/images/file/tokipun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/20528194878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/29180487542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/xebagonufonifevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinodazipapukeled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naviway.su/upload/files/dazaritizuvotavelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161031c9e1bfee---44517002433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spellenindex.nl/images/uploads/84584090814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40577128364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d25d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD25D 11108 bytes
SHA-256: f5e3d9ce4420a31bc886cdadb5720307a47e57868b37fd795da75f2801e95254
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB6 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 4c0b42fc360c3f8dd44e001143cc6a050ba9c1df150f460e0e392e933d4fac92
font_02_sfnt_off0001186e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1