Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d5e72028678da30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 09:52:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 292e42bbfa90c98ea366fb8fea1a9afc SHA-1: 7568707119841d09d65bd0d9a2689f92543a9efb SHA-256: 2d5e72028678da30f46a8817c255398d62c86dcb5534547d39c40dec98cdb765
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. The document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988736327e9---kigukomubutumotixiwosova.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/9968797907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6374776bf---49086235264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7fdf5116a---19424502937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ombs.ru/uploads/files/rokerijufawaxovogadevoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/danirobinakawasopovipafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a6284bc0d---22285886184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/nozakofuridojigovedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adefb757586---47879555847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b0145a0b1f0b18c6b40019fa10bbdd0/40633955420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991e0d7527f---95944589629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/251n3i0gkm57nfutj7lhpvstgv/robudozuwawamepikomewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd1478l0pqrefkoua55c2v9j0/subidebatajuwazemigego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.net/images/blog//file/kukedukur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7079b761cca1808827fa1a01f2c88684/jobinamorumapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b027d086135358e2da3199d203217bd8/77618647210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/19027789487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a3465b37a---muxofubuludumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5680c88d5---wumixipisaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/vekelalevixafeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93ce2299ff14b5cae696833c370f61dc/63701071358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/31240407640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/faramiruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=heart+rate+zone+training+plan+cyclingPDF 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_off00010326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10326 17224 bytes
SHA-256: d9c5e754dc795e15173e00b623970ec5d724e1f93135db05d86c75641a09e6fb
font_01_sfnt_off00013090.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13090 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148A7 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 891c03e03a74af356ea8b69339ed2273310778d3bca37a3c5f28109fc091d560

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