Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d9e874f18a54bad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:15:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a970a14b5462657eedb3b4a8f9cf79af SHA-1: dc7766eeda217c2562c80d3b04126290629c3930 SHA-256: 2d9e874f18a54badcaa6540bb6b43138d2e3989f343f5896a9891a2d6e7abc99
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards an attack pattern involving redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://vce34.ru/attachments/file/6832523666.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094070db0ad8---dupakisozodavijusisojike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wamer.org/userfiles/file/56476699514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/33886596873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607632a414be9---63158676140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/namupunirot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/682dc61d514cb8f0657cd62f63b3187d/51787081209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607160f475da4---niwozadozelusoxizozufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qposknrnt9sjnlur3c4qth0lui/88138197739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdbb2d8260c---52960689412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.info/contents//files/49821787281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/40883708874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/godiziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/xuzirezunokamatitobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/14520541669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/tepixufupojoguwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortabellanews.com/userimages/xixototasepojuwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msnladyboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldtimerclub-thueringerberg.at/images/file/65986054340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbbbf7130f---96664007593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc//ckfinder/userfiles/files/petaxinesisuzetetozuguza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/22642059765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/7217062846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamma-electronics-eg.com/userfiles/files/19404860332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdc.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewimofajolibeposigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=pulp+fiction+songPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eff61ce48d0da0d2703b0d2e1a6d5da7/vugijajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA5 17276 bytes
SHA-256: fff49c3f5fba966c554e96f7bfd8e33b2b504e6bea76b8a908a9e0b2c5fc8a9e
font_01_sfnt_off00011bc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133DD 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 617589833e0fa304f38dc172450485c7ba91dd5f6f4123a5544ec1607cc385a3