Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2d88237ba206abe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-10-01 01:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 384a39de438b2fddebde1c3c1f3264ba SHA-1: 7a2add840d16655cfff8a2b35250f5e3d5011e59 SHA-256: a2d88237ba206abe7b415cd9adef0e95e7f779ae312160d18f8bcdf9e651faf4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards a malicious document designed to lead users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://keongracun.org/contents/files/tatibonixetorosuroj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9991634330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/230315363922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanhaithanhvalves.com/quangcao/admin/file/47886271404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/musidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artgallery.devctn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefabufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/9886002482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/wapuvaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nm-union.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapudatulovikodavenuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/28245170123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/86514611850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c98c0e9f4cf8450a5e9b0eab1201476/9763727346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d2a92e0e5---42605783413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/wulukadabipobubigulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/22054394120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents/files/pemiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvuwesuxizevovoxewure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.cz/files/files/dateledagumojuzaguwiwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandalaya.in/resources/file/26884678835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f681ceafdfe533e991b54629b2b3353/rufufositajusebojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161497d1c9e426---30064078145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taborgospelassembly.com/userfiles/file/42461090002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1a61475d2---67346247443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155975291377---65104401768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/85339253608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=taqdeer+full+moviePDF 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_off0000b219.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB219 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA2B 15544 bytes
SHA-256: 9ff42416dc690e0539bbce2172a172f59ca9eb35166c41372e4a8bfc6712888e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A4 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 55ceb4122765a2be5d16864cb7ef7e6105ffb1cba6b4a1f85eb109e116aa2025