Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fdafe6a4b27c816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:25:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d37997b8b31f0474bb0dd237fa181c27 SHA-1: 7597a39220e1676e4a36f246de3badc53c7c3a78 SHA-256: 2fdafe6a4b27c8162cafdda2152054ec1e051facf62361afaacff98cb8e42884
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. Heuristics like 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment, classifying the file as a phishing-related trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/zexalarusixogaraforameju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608902743f9cb---jifabirewabodebefoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/vajefona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.hu/uploads/news/file/gudalosumuwamaboriboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/bosopikimuritoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608454e333430---9161462481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/lixarifoninewavosefetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839efd10e87---vasopudabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fac38c0b017b8b0f15f15a9bda83e998/24981611942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/690a4f4d82aad7494bd0fbf035bf4ed6/dawuravakifigipixugegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/90695494263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/1a5b44cab047c5fdbf9d38218f44ccec.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/26653883800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8484d26336---minatikobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatkings.net/fckpic/file/nerorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/tevewasugezatowitedaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/devobovuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srkvc0r7i99bicomrdo3tg9fl5/sopezaworadesemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8624464699b0024b6edf0cf65205e21/pewavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/30864830689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffs4v1q6mdooeipq9cs9vv9bh3/vunujovuseliniborum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/493aa11d96c38a96124175d0f864b630/lebotadezegofasuvado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=chartered+financial+analyst+books+pdfPDF 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_off0000c7a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB7 16824 bytes
SHA-256: db370a83c4a8947d7826b3880cfa96ce7b4e1e75d7cee8f5fe7af969ee01eb5b
font_02_sfnt_off00010b6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B6D 11096 bytes
SHA-256: d8da89bb6f8abd515679b199907f0258562e07eb19f815e963db34a21f603a66