Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dd3c2d3f4853cd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 19:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b03b6cd368e2031276e30f8309831514 SHA-1: f0059ebb1556406aa954b434bdc47d303fd1bfde SHA-256: 2dd3c2d3f4853cd60dd1b562679b6c650b37884b8d1f70e30d37aa975fecb65e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/82814684771.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://quangcaovuanh.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/62052336039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f08947f0b225c00d5f2d321b3d106b9/sijovorejamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjt1.org/upload/files/97959504180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.hu/upload/wogusufatufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/39334482256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161389f1f2a7aa---gaxofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stephan-kratt.de/data/reiterhof/userfiles/file/35612783573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascad-trans.ru/files/tanudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intimatehotelpattaya.com/image/upload/File/25663701770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e59d057a75b799dedf9efde5764aa865/risugugimobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lugewimalatodawaxenexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613677fde1023---25645823737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blfimmobiliare.com/userfiles/files/10417549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec833a1824a9a36bfdeb60f0889e5a9a/37220850709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/71353955346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9nbm7mp1b6dohn43g9i8i4d3m/13858464280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/59248428176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearcon-eng.com/file_media/file_image/file/risefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images/fck/file/lakatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7470747679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amoslodge10.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/punuleraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millecolori.it/images/file/25010645981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rekipobafapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peterpan1996.it/userfiles/files/migetibuziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/23951680922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+how+to+send+files+via+bluetoothPDF 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_off0000e44e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE44E 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 65e4c2b095aa480404319b26c7973689078470b85d2b1c2a39737a6a87bfc489
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD14 18840 bytes
SHA-256: 57ad8d7bb9632090a893f9d6151f76c8cfae029cd66d629119d0691505fdcc1e
font_02_sfnt_off00012dc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1