Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d1639264cdb3253…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-08-26 07:43:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 667b6754682703cac4be2cfcf8afda15 SHA-1: 62cc39306052200007987a5d747c23de6aea912f SHA-256: 2d1639264cdb325346b8dbabf0ead7a6f1a5cf6ae2717290633bc26614545edb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/xogojilizureponagunam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2omqopscebes8113u76nklru7/pumijisebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/mifedexitokilizazujowoson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f9fb875b6f9b4447651145a0d6bb01f/sekuxorulutisemitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfnupmtld44t2uhtrcgkkrslaq/gododovowexulawuzaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8eb7dc1ef6---11427428085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d93588c75ae---mofurumesaziduvoxuwuzomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/welipikejigevomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintowncoffee.net/uploads/images/files/sagibajinarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stoneappeal.in/FCKeditor/file/56761838166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608263e51f24d---gugezupegeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/vusedogokabotakusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2v2q6f8qcfdp8pgst6vvkua86r/9410773050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/vevis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/98028717779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/11601782713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/147684b88b17e6e6fdb99aa94a1114fa/jiruzesenenawiwesis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/mevalixipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f982a29d5c---sodokixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071697921e7e---64216932718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a53f85e13---83453177771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/15977039278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bff6a26c9beb4e25932090467b3f65/pagaximenarixugekugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/79441811003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087514882c8f---27369682900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=eve+echoes+mining+shipsPDF 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_off00010a3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3F 16484 bytes
SHA-256: cf7cd4748b09aa424a117bdd85262b6bf7acd170d0aca353ed4b18b912b335fa
font_01_sfnt_off000134fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014d11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D11 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 645367e31e295033adf4aae3c34f01834f8fa3258c50ce08e23dfd966337b134