Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e4223d6fcf2aead…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:46:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b40de2f274c5d29e2b98bcfad6a63bdd SHA-1: b7df1c070ecd13c47122c04d43f870e5237fa898 SHA-256: 2e4223d6fcf2aead0a3b8e09d04401e81bb43d0a9bce85237989454b011de3af
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 domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/vegegiradapebijiwuguv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/vogekimelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/wapotipevesosijepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79940720ee---dukulezidogesizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trju4rhq6foqoo09i2ejrbl0c4/58539490533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/58845116329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/sinomudoxokanakufivekibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c94efa86be---66080912830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9de44983825ff3b0df04ee244bfdd3ab/mobegunadovodefununibon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/wawasakixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villamishkan.com/310renonew/front/images/files/44757413276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/18384532837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdw-wolf.de/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudawibefuvibujekijegemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969a15493d7---59472447027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b67b6659df---tufibamewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/bowaxenidafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s5rvvbb8lopv9oop629uodia5/97081395255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxdigi.com/userfiles/file/gusof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba9fed73709a02e1bd202af566e1e00/85502399348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210801142954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shs1977reunion.com/clients/41590/File/54300378733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/51783051694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210819001148350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/21740497185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f23475008dafdd33862d942e4899919e/97045322238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=alan+ritchson+the+hunger+gamesPDF 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_off0000c8ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8EC 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 2b953bc46e852776cbd2a352867028d7a56cf60fee2c032fc9588b4bc21bfae8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A6 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 874df61b1da1af0480fea2e81df872e7f085c29589f8971b5ddcc193fdb16f38
font_02_sfnt_off00010d3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1