Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2d064dce21063b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:36:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 78941a8c72bc47337f877581a472f538 SHA-1: 70133ca7d80c8f897b27e80aa758d5dcdddcfb76 SHA-256: d2d064dce21063b446f5d491c0cb5d3aac7965f2f2d32382353fa3d59ccdfeb4
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and heuristic firings point to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introducing+yourself+worksheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cachnhietwin.com/luutru/files/81109957139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladue62.com/clients/2/2d/2d0487a90c18d3a1b3df44839405a665/File/35912825984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbox-technology.com/upload/datoteke/46130598833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katheran.com/clients/55933/File/39459472874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/kuremovunoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/novuxogotopijopiwuvel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44354872324.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b3c5ba1be---93891606658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mocphatreal.com/assets/images/ckfinder/files/papetozemuzude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c829mmfhmanbukuo7628qflbsj/muwesikakuwawunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/jejaxedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609083d3d8535---pufowunasitevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thallo-food.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gidamalezupenujofejakuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/99129984428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilanatofishing.com/home/sandbox/domains/shelter.sandbox.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22986405191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirlambinowice.pl/img/upload/files/kijamezopigufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlepes.hu/userfiles/file/1670848517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/beledibojanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4cf1836fea---28599877977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/66787282956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huanghecables.com/d/files/79307021056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/68579091577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11f882745b3d84f4909bfba53ddf78b9/58835753714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galenbio.com/images/upload/file/12216206628.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_off0000c561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC561 16388 bytes
SHA-256: 86709cd78a19498329b935c5592f52bc8bd84d6330560a545f3bb479abe01734
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF77 11080 bytes
SHA-256: a4c7b3d0e49dd8878cbf40aa073ce82e922e6c453d9466a13816fa2f9a2e5bfb
font_02_sfnt_off00010919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10919 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1