Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2f5447552f5fc96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-29 19:45:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a7e9a2c1826bdd85acd92e5a5c737811 SHA-1: 8c5267987c70d0b51142c6677b7211a17ca8ae44 SHA-256: b2f5447552f5fc9612913925b20850e55d543913b7cd55e3d04038de84b4680e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links points to a likely attack pattern involving redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pome+fruit+examples PDF link annotation
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/708c9e431a4c330794085ed5a8e50f73/tevepomevonigino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/91183493515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexforstarlight.com/clients/4/41/4125d763bdae894b2c088b8c4c0f4705/File/nosigababobexulujorilurek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e3i.com/UserFiles/file///pazirebemedevikeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98644969fbaeabbfb6c310c7e1dfe8ca/dinagobapixodufirobiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washchienluoc.com/upload/file/satabojewajaduluvoradixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8p2keiuh9n2e0eqiubqvaj7ul/lisiwisabumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c5b91eaf4640606318eb8866e1dfee/99527282588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachhigh65.com/clients/879402/File/povaxowapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210619055912_vnmoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/files/vujowolakuninusibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://attackworkoutprogram.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30566386857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff77b5af69a---jifetoriwibiliji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b3fc924e8---mukisalimawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/jimopakaliraza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8a7c8528a10024a560b39a57ee3c741/pobatovefuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe818b6aa9f---38658020829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsstore.mx/ckeditor/ckfinder/archivossubidos/files/68495980604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/44582210848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt2.com/contents//files/gazuxitebisotetuzovigajax.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_off0000e060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE060 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF872 18244 bytes
SHA-256: d4bd955c567594967c1a7e44a4c614dc7831f0f03061f5247f28bb04ca86e11a
font_02_sfnt_off000127be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127BE 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 3b50d6e861efd6723cc79953ab1b3c2eff8b7debc3b88b8b0702a0ee612eee22