Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2df378acacfa8fbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 11:11:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d2a5bc15dfec7d71982b19530631e454 SHA-1: 8cb8f90938345281434c1cc6cb1d77ba1d01bbac SHA-256: 2df378acacfa8fbe55cf6f8bb8ad2fa3adbf3a1002be4cc7b57520aa19ae6997
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and numerous external links are indicative of a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=protein+per+body+weight+to+gain+muscle PDF link annotation
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a895odiba7j5ci97qi1q1legm0/suvanajog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d29d521f988b90e25aee45613d515ff5/semudarefubike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f86fe1a4996702245ceecc803625b618/rasafinumisokatebujadajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b612a3c2569ad397f0602e413a8a3f53/49727133062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/zizuwinuxesapedapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b72c762eb178459919d08f35178d38/pufumamowasikodevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8314c49ddf---vunaxozejofaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qari806b7h67h6cf4716k404nn/39628519307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47319622883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/kajeforelekevelakotikoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/zijuwalopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffdcb19e54---11866230290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a205477504b---levagopefexedonomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/1149406500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30716d369d8b823e29ed9fd54053c8e5/xokuneladib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hn76pirub01ppgoh88j8at6vli/revenakenosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/kewuloresata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7f73169e88a3ef5d8a5b34b1e86c4e8/pofazatejesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d75b5e0ce---22750333476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/mekoseporotexawilivozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ec7f08c42---7406226081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/2974715893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvonahlrbbmsi7m1lo167u01c5/jatojimek.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_off0000ea62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA62 11404 bytes
SHA-256: 0fcae1b845d40dc1fe83185a655f79dd319347534e147cc42c6f962d2811e146
font_01_sfnt_off000104b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC4 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 821a29f278e8842b0be53d85fde4e44545cb424fa02d8194fabc26a829b030c3