Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef1f56d7f2c7357…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:29:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fbbe98f223063ad79d5186cb1a3ad74f SHA-1: fbc6a9de5c986614aad8ba7d5691af4b5d4f92c7 SHA-256: 2ef1f56d7f2c7357fcd4a8df860c063e08fc07788d85abe92e5ecdfa96b5b0c9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2l08hdmjf1mvuh00uaehi3s3g1/forigaroloxugu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csc0532.com/userfiles/file/20210809071834_dcg3uv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/dupebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milovove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ced242dd56a---49073004958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkmaster.ru/uploads/files/72130965838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ojpdjul2gear20l478aip3k1/35418004882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d33fd4833---reneregu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hpj26gq9ommrgv7qeus182d7ir/27605993768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/28405818555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5136f3611eb21167fc7847ad6382bda7/zomikusisubumula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i70rvam7v4d0eknljft5d1bdp1/juxufalefosidorokide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210525105632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronel.com/userfiles/files/60123112290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modulobase.com/userfiles/file/69542424973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce58c7a18f7---warigapotemusabavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marugame.hk/editor_upload/file/18720717747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/gotusolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4874c5475---ditarazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayuntang.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210806205317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landi-bg.com/images/file/sagisubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608871487f230---98480966838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/1099816438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5b393e44e---48424406671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=a+friend+is+need+is+a+friend+indeedPDF 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_off0000f420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF420 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 082a25cce2bacde0d4884c54fdae54896c6316758af136e4c3cd3f41c44e419b
font_01_sfnt_off0001236e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1236E 10064 bytes
SHA-256: 6cab64e2d09890c7707f67f73a31417a64883e62b978032baa631692a8cd5247
font_02_sfnt_off000139e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1