Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d56e8eab21b5633…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: af13c5ec84f5ec72ad0b0b96694596b5 SHA-1: cfd358bcc01b96c130469b4cabd397cab10c1b63 SHA-256: 2d56e8eab21b56330b03f0b0a728943b2e2b9e76de59a4961cd7f2fb33be4f76
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm designed to host malicious PDFs. Multiple heuristics indicate PDF links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is leveraged to redirect users to potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bac248f033---bipubupunaruxelopazelijo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5573c78ac---lusolotijukojisemusudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsiwww.com/image/files/20210716_003537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25aklam0mgoorcel4d89u3oq8c/lalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agencesramos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwubakobuzinosisozizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/72784487665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac232e8225---lomivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea758805ca---30211639859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallapietamarchisio.it/userfiles/files/xufosulawusepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tt343lg8cguhoqdohituc8l8j/lavuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda48294ea9---xopifuwufolozuvubafeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpsaodd6v5h80cs1v49aacqfup/13968159126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/wanozolepajenuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microcement.ua/userfiles/file/49550227997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/jodinoxajibovurupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/84178257536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb407c5283---97246128929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6pgjhvlthh1brh8tubjgob3k3/75685538264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c705b3c4c56---95691205954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cb81d6271---reriwikuxami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/31414422072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb27f03911---36106331158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/terenanonuvibutitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=manual+plc+twido+schneiderPDF 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_off0000cdd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E7 10792 bytes
SHA-256: b461f1fab88fa0a5b29d155a29077c5012ff34a66ddff4b2dd5697f05c2fde94
font_02_sfnt_off0000fec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC4 17360 bytes
SHA-256: 9265a114f2ab2960f74f95bb1fd84ddfd7581421dfa38d28bcb2c3572ca6cb4c