Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d9cd65b6cd194ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-05 20:15:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: db1c2184f4e34785f4d27cffd3f84260 SHA-1: b5f7ae3ac9db9c0eaa520d60c0d441ed6c5ceda8 SHA-256: 2d9cd65b6cd194ab74f513a6b27b87bb40ccc6b27dec65b0cdd634ede3971743
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the URL analysis and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/gekizorarexubodaloxif.pdf
    • https://zapret-rf.org/web/img/podborky/files/punudum.pdf
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0738002ee75abcfc87ff8af6fb0032ac/44960644617.pdf
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/12784786912.pdf
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.com/uploads/files/xobalivafamedosidi.pdf
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/gixozodinamobawirat.pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3916e87dd8---54670988072.pdf
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce9f1ab1cb---kekopemoxapulirorepi.pdf
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3c45f6bdbe6c916cd82ca755e6a6753/99231301764.pdf
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/lajinexi.pdf
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/87804987003.pdf
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/2755898120.pdf
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/33691760093.pdf
    • http://tsmsaldature.it/userfiles/files/legirevagudebose.pdf
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/83241572273.pdf
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9c36004bf---97227065190.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076956e20458---4692643610.pdf
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/672c7fd61ddcc28ac6f82a9015cc5e7f/1510507254.pdf
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/18367520307.pdf
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/potomazadomikowuf.pdf
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/xedugisulujotalitinawow.pdf
    • http://upsshop.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wixibe.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714aa229ba3---rewofisakox.pdf
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/16310422167.pdf
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/40790457120.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sample+itinerary+for+family+reunions
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f4a6.bin
63021bdc3c7f26e1ebb63631414e541147f8035d576c09f5c1855f0eb43898f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A6 10808 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d8d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D8D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001259f.bin
43cf3fb25abf361170a4f088e3a88df942c54820cd4905fb73a74fb0b3221bf7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1259F 16528 bytes