Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e6fca3390a9074a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1821ed9e61a1aa4215ddd8cb4c6e07fa SHA-1: bcdf33a56c8ec6c2f09ef849becb1cb891a1bb49 SHA-256: 2e6fca3390a9074a72f3b44e573c1ca4a30e6b79fc97933466b177d756e312a0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=diccionario+nahuatl+espa%C3%B1ol+unam+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://osakaav.com/userfiles/files/54388473818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imihwa.com/uploads/image/20210816/files/20210816220852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/fichiers/12098311450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zulegugufopogugadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/64937612206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/telodiwedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/dirizepeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/19237404654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39239c875c3bd36c9fac61b2d8cfb9e1/vavafekolovipizes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/36343074848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/mimow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turskazka.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58804558857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d40b24e8f4---xebonegonemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.pl/upload/63874847405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/isp84ol70gdnjvmpiduika76g0/xemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tofha548ra5a0mv7grueunb8fo/94272023285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cian.hr/userfiles/file/xakuxejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavingcare3plus.ch/userfiles/files/21517218431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariaparvaz.com/basefile/ariaparvazcom/files/92272166032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgefamilyreunion.org/clients/86186/File/47188353910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/33122700671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/weviridepadanekumapa.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_off0000de47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE47 21244 bytes
SHA-256: 77f31e7ee7a5e4e9f829825486556ea85df9ee83f05f3b28f223321aa3927d23
font_01_sfnt_off00011357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11357 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B6E 11192 bytes
SHA-256: df1e7ce7856a030898cd6babb17d0a91178f5e29aa8fa200094dab2cb069fbd5