Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2da2a84940221171…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:55:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0b93167112772dbaea103e1dccbf1926 SHA-1: 79ecdc5c087499f1381b595cba040e55180ea049 SHA-256: 2da2a849402211713e6dcd661308c1bf082cdb2a720ace06485ae18ee382d194
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious link farms designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=write+sops+in+full
    • https://maria-galland.ru/files/file/fuwiwunuvorenozixiriware.pdf
    • http://kingbikeonline.com/images/upload/File/tigijavu.pdf
    • http://intertravel.hu/_user/file/64801691609.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145f79f68b3a---xatipulubusomagixa.pdf
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fea6baf82---lavabemuputim.pdf
    • http://www.fd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6492131067.pdf
    • http://hanasushipickup.com/uploads/files/nupeluzoka.pdf
    • https://eklyps.net/images/file/lopokezu.pdf
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/45832261171.pdf
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/mogubuwasepokedojika.pdf
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/62708163358.pdf
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/bodikunijijozuxekedubawu.pdf
    • https://indirimlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/55811148241.pdf
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/vesusigatig.pdf
    • http://mhzsolutionz.com/userfiles/file/tewovegan.pdf
    • http://jia-longsofa.com/uploadpic/jialong151126/files/202109171402525544.pdf
    • https://siliconautomation.com/userfiles/file/98743050273.pdf
    • http://pincesorvarshop.hu/editor_up/zaposusiti.pdf
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/52936514130.pdf
    • https://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/46374034358.pdf
    • https://wyslijpaczki.pl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/file/tugomosejulovusipebesan.pdf
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03912a785024bb891e4ec79f6cf04e46/bumimadikisevabevevo.pdf
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56578697856.pdf
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/76801716690.pdf
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356ae33ee55---11423388130.pdf
    • 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_off00011097.bin
89f8e8881740df89bd669cab5f6a6deadbdfbcdbe5a60f200e77cb9f642f29bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11097 10284 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000127e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ff3.bin
fb60b556d80a6461424f70441cdc4b76bba3930946d4aa966eeaa16042cc21f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF3 19916 bytes