Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d0131c66fa93850…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-10-11 16:31:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 18c1624e3758203171c6ac3de6d5c204 SHA-1: 4c0a93f5d061804ab6ae5501de56a4e75e87f753 SHA-256: 2d0131c66fa938501cb410b995e563b6d08cb5bcfa0bc77af6ee9faddf04f72f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised or disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://www.fonfe.com/uploads/files/jubinuwamajefew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/008efdbca2b69155a7d29713469b0ce2/29330871072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc8a18bd93b2fa500327de70d1d85c8d/ritebeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/jizuvizolipuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cistenivytahu.cz/upload/file/21955941409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://y3stwk65l-mn9.com/contents/files/tawisivurinixegeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1544-7419.net/upload/fckeditor/file/jipixanapudopuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/31053666773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liceoadultos.juniorcollege.cl/userfiles/files/pexovaposobiterog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-a50e0b1dcb2e.breakthrough-nutrition.com/userfiles/files/lijifot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vocal.bpv.su/content/files/files/37397091022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ekoforte.com/upload/file/40006796086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haciendaloscipreses.cl/upload/file/rabunaworebopozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/49727036412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togclick.com/media/userFckfiles/file/dotopibukasalolat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161638bbad082f---26468101205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkergeneralcontractors.net/userfiles/file/72313161518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songod.vn/uploads/image/files/4763023108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabanagarden.hu/editor_up/21217654136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/pukijozusapasevus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/41818779273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/makufefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/5817481862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportnazona.bg/f/uploads/files/20112405310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/HTGXzuRVGb4/uplcv?utm_term=curry+mee+noodle+soupPDF 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_off0000e4ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AD 20884 bytes
SHA-256: d8349c34dc19031930841f940325e5254f50814f72af5c0b758624a13f7e9ee7
font_01_sfnt_off00011acb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ACB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E2 10448 bytes
SHA-256: f40b961045b5848a322c91a65ed34a3e38297639eab612e12f1236bf7f15df41