Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d40db2496dfd23c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-27 20:33:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 964a2ad62026574bb306d7c7b7ac2724 SHA-1: a0c9e2dbb9979b0b6a89f82b1d4be2b96d4b7580 SHA-256: 2d40db2496dfd23c3c2a2fab6df24bcd0644e855ed40b3531acfffebd1af9065
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or phish for credentials. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and obscure malicious links.

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 http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/55455757109.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc976b145fb---16729961732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/pulajipovovajexekafavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ad99ea0a0cc32a90d2a3c5483aa8dfd/37135097616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/50976087848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da43ce32ed---78236343235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21g49t4afap2s4ebl2q7tpfag7/raxifidifufuzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa041cd903f---vegozawuwejasipuzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/65708986402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210807_DA191433467FD078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/nolar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/bejemibokito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5433d23af13418ce8860476035f086/vuzeguxenivepakekoxusuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/38602591938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/72993393714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89f3159c5bd98e0fe2773b3d02cac8d1/rowofajagotomafixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents//files/bubavededumavevavutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/vorolujagakenoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/ponabepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813c0e4e851---paguwazidalekapuwujigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/nunonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6qopuk5bs8v28gunr3eorn6p4/96032561798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/wefipogiwegugita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=quick+lime+pickle+recipe+indianPDF 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_off0000e279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE279 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA8B 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 86f133f3532ce01189785aa072e47549091bd71def8bc16abcf812b08efde14c
font_02_sfnt_off00012b9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B9B 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 8004c8b5d7f9169f1ba77a42605074ade7fa4c16191c997c192de17c5ec91abc