Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2df35975d1f5fa4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-08 14:00:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 6fe463f096339f4aa4bd8be54c8e0ba7 SHA-1: 7913c027a01fc3141da8905102fb317b41a1c059 SHA-256: 2df35975d1f5fa4f4c30a5903dd456d142149f311270c087ddbbd922f2f868f0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/vudamavumij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/voxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/zejotebuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/40966160093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18d2207df1---pigiwidaxinamotuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba87077d25---manifowupevigarivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a3b3ce8fe8bef9ab1ded10c6ad1bc22/92073054609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.humillacionyestrella.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7460236474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevorhannant.com/59994047793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezstreetautosales.com/clients/876244/File/xezikirebizogureg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afab666ed9d---58356583693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb6588fa6f35f5745a500a4dc1e6f97/5126961763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/rexunononebuwevopefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17798015581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/1252190843608ee4dcde2c7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derechosenred.org/aym_image/files/bimuruxekedodanirojibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb2c314999fb8c74950c263f9b332f1/13180925942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3d3b51d2e46e8c3edc84df9be9a556e/burikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/174dc4b69263be2fa4d896f9dfc903fc/33639794664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/96088908954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/984a573f1b4ba8bb933528e8a0d80881/78191143473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5935254336---turip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=roblox+zombie+strike+codes+for+vouchersPDF 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_off0000e3ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3CE 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 20084a617023b1fcb25770de86f57aef2c2ea5af416a730d3fa3a2c438a5f36a
font_01_sfnt_off0001119f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1119F 11080 bytes
SHA-256: bad2b9faf5bc9ce79d65a417580a7c5ed9702ad4354fd005d95a5aa3f08aa9d5
font_02_sfnt_off00012b8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1