Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fbefc6c1edfac86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:19:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0839bddabbc55cd0c44d99983167ffe6 SHA-1: e6b87cdd5bc797aaf64439e69d87ea0ded7f2e1e SHA-256: 2fbefc6c1edfac8637b1f1fbef7d9f07f15de109655edc3434aa81db4bdc1f78
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are part of link farms hosted on disposable or compromised domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload via the presented links. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=installare+ios+su+tablet+android PDF link annotation
    • http://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/nolimosavapepono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tainanrup.longi.tw/uploadfiles/files/20210916_020109_3450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bor-diing.com/upload/files/fupugipekexoruzexolonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56723925347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilier-valence-agen.com/userfiles/file/mowexunakubokijorosite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.info/contents/files/67162455991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3j5lfvgj7bcnt1dfsu1q1cj01/40832849633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/pimufupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jayeonrak.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/nilomowemumivojaxitese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolkatanagariksammelan.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petorajefaligam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlmahtani.com/userfiles/files/vebonokoxonaxudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4i8r9hlh0plmafddmk2bjgpkob/fazekufetazusoxalab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2f4dcd6d7---podepatuvidowagosumizeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banerjeetourspecial.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52181671100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenagegroup.vip/userfiles/file/zixuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cowmoo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizusoxerulijonisijotojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/peruzavuzamadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerama.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85208021518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odra.cycling-recycling.eu/imgturysta/files/20398893683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/78091479112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/makimamozopowaxozujatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/5603603737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranchobg.com/img/file/koxifapovitalinuwawumik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavtas.com/images_upload/files/26708000106.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_off0000d631.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD631 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 5a0d5f00d68495a22040956aecb12c1b9fa20142cf07a8407a4d2ec653a6f52a
font_01_sfnt_off0000eded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105FF 18412 bytes
SHA-256: ced56810c411c892b1a88caa4738eeadb0192d209d2792568e65a5dccd8adc12