Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a5d2eb234899192…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:45:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2a4a209de2e7c07503e06b91eca91cfd SHA-1: a0f038f4e0dd0c0c59ad33b7781305672db36d01 SHA-256: 7a5d2eb23489919299cdbb49a43830804ca0beefd2634251a08cbd974d6ead80
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic points to a specific malicious PDF file, likely a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/1271501349.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2933a2ae55---pusibefagimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5dqbmc9ffimfbk7017sv160gj/52489560399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/871feebf0c0b7fb16849d991ef6fc990/31870402768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-noginsk.ru/upload_picture/file/79086073024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogreenonline.net/userfiles/image/fckeditor/file/jezupazobagikatajozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltonjohnsonfamily.com/clients/870437/File/suxufunireniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/tamoxejowevalufofitegesug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095390934d16---gesovotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/19773885968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majesticcaliberenglishlabradors.com/clients/a/a7/a77fae3751d16767b5fd1969bdae34dd/File/96800995492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/zepedesewuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-recepty.sk/images/fotky/favofotakalamibasumazuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/bijelekowud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equipelec.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64184203727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/83784529160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duhbu9m6kvcug706gne0k3ila3/zetufidewitiditexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d58ah6pnfpl812fvbtkkgouj0/geniziremadejokekafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d2b4d6fef---27552708010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/forajarogoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/45534787340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/xevixuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e2ee012bc1559bb0d1910bb4da0cf4f/99770886803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce815a0f6890aef039012e98f292c3fb/86937109365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=kolkata+detailed+map+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_off0000dc39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC39 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 447d1a8b7dd554680ef20691d34e5f7734a10c2bb75f7bac2ea16b70e9dda591
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A0 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 1997f4de75c652c4a39ea6e212d618dd1edfe31b82873d81fd0506707df4da1e
font_02_sfnt_off00012100.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12100 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1