Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e59d457781156cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:00:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5b2bbfcaff79e767a8848c04b59f0193 SHA-1: d3b6c75edac9bdebc6bb3532a55648721d00144c SHA-256: 2e59d457781156cb19df5402d79a4e9457208c742dd4f068e51a0649472e0581
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL distribution suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content through a deceptive link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://abicecream.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87006351826.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffff8363ab942c86e5d810718ec778f8/50631664087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb9de2081a548929734ca1d36c12c54/80515371231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/54899690738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/54620536378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/gapedutuxajuwazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/lerosubesuvikafilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsslife.net/upload/ckfinder/files/75599571346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ebe773735---67594456457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/tukadopunakutarikoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3701d82f9acfefe2c22714b82e26df8/naxirukezezututozale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sepozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/relopodivepazefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/gilegoratagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/471e8ce5b0a7e1c48c2a106901adf49d/doduvawogufudafegefizusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/4512410046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d6de343e6---mobegimoxonazevatomosudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b8569c273a315d0b6542832eec43df0/4435356619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b65b567c3b95e6bea26f206856fa5e6d/73202115018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tp34lfoiketmgho04vs8mqog45/vosevepodopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/74009288511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/7611190391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/xisegigex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d158e34a35539f629f6739a5acc7a711/difog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210807003741_926359944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietspices.asia/uploads/files/figifosefuzofajifeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+start+a+paracord+keychainPDF 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_off0000c952.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC952 17624 bytes
SHA-256: defc0bd4fd94f71c2638640b4e98fa4567f82e56b22b7ef48cce9c59b6814db6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EB 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 17da95ae983c7b28e1db05e8bfb48fd00c7ff19d44240e896c8121b62ff322f1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1