Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e8f531a839ae3f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 16:04:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 698d2c7b41fff81db67422f77082b520 SHA-1: 2067e5a4fe1b414f4d879beabdcca155c6b62971 SHA-256: 2e8f531a839ae3f503349724c67cb811060d1463202db13921ca0ab47caeb808
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or phish credentials. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and distribute URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://iziusb.com/userfiles//file/62665410199.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nsureunion.com/clients/71556/File/busomekoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-guskov.ru/uploads/files/jediwatulupegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/tuterowitefulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608567202c380---69448862213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/4469842120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/dopubazikopefoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/68415625860c39d0428e64.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/48260330028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/61025750177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guyfamilyreunion.com/clients/41950/File/lakifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/49343550614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07eacc8c44094ad9286cd827f45b2ea/xugalonejirafulezexofezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/sekuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/reforelijubasaserikefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vvk-wiedermann.at/userfiles/file/35627691856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34a7d4919ecab95582ba7c68f41b010b/24325037431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica-mpt.it/userfiles/files/91696750832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021081910131159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4392ff1c4e0c29f78df1492757f1d873/guxupulubixotudumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/43750384671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/zenasowitejakegaror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24605187087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=visible+wave+frequencyPDF 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_off0000ba3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD255 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 9cf281d40a00ceae1881de651e46852ab0c48a7b0a1fcb00977479075e8fb32f
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB34 14572 bytes
SHA-256: bb3180dd6436ea60280d7f0081fe53852852de12321ab09df017f9aa2a543269