Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fefc78126f3fc08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:01:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 917df8ef38a8f687a0ea8e7cb7f666a7 SHA-1: 76d4d6d8ea022a65a8cdb7c797ed9e700480b8be SHA-256: 2fefc78126f3fc081eaa474f9e686b12553271733a5a01d4828f5ef3f82e593e
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, embedding numerous links that redirect to potentially malicious content. The presence of links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, combined with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly suggests malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection, likely as part of a multi-stage attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=power+of+now+summary+pdf
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfrg5ioc1gsrqasr335l0558o5/gasimutegamilifakixi.pdf
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/25666872489.pdf
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a2d7301c81f1a564fb09ebb4f8dd2d6/52488791777.pdf
    • https://anyimaker.com/upload/users/files/53138525772.pdf
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/kosutikokevilisugi.pdf
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/33058339626.pdf
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/kidototinuditizovolov.pdf
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/30214843084.pdf
    • http://compsult.net/userfiles/file/bodowufidepesoxuvuta.pdf
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/safoluzovuberegebuwuku.pdf
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajugovolifiz.pdf
    • http://jan-fotografie.nl/upload/files/toxunojiwepigewuvalaluziz.pdf
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/5630356984.pdf
    • http://hoanhaochemical.com/uploads/files/81037969386.pdf
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/file/11763377035.pdf
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/xezobupix.pdf
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/xukunagoperi.pdf
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/lowekoguluwodivubosada.pdf
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/576dc9c8672eccd1958f52305a836aa5/zofolepadok.pdf
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361f3ac7745---foruwibeborevivozatu.pdf
    • https://optimumquestsolutions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaterelefe.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecd0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECD0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000104e7.bin
fefc646ad2b3efd6e7c1c3c47840d5c1c18caf13892e4ecd37ace0717f8450da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E7 10724 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011da1.bin
a62d2ca681518897ebe54ddcfbaedbbd680a34351e7d6557fe3ba7e04797622c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA1 19276 bytes