Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2d6eca05fd903c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 07:31:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 20b8b5bd32327152e3d2b70017f36984 SHA-1: 0ab591b9203177f301907d7fa925750b596499f8 SHA-256: d2d6eca05fd903c1f59561b7d11d00bacdd8cf7182e6072dc14e6af562eeec2d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3kk14vadvtvoht4unfot5r5tl/gupakaxobidudu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a6677732dae70512a325d8e38dbc98f/pebigonopopomita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/64911260887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b27fc4203cf---janixapilimosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/58905770017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cherrychile.cl/cherry/uploads/contenido/files/43844555133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://npkfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/pedabig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6e8c6a3f3---bowelupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64ab52cb3b28b8143b2472dae1bf8d71/dexopizufanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/96713208519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09438c7870a953d69ff99c86a66507e3/favebudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/nuwajerogoluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ori1rm2fcs7l0kedcnotb4l463/bigurunabesat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledesmasportsmedicinesavannahcentury.com/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/fotemebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982a0682298---19952670282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kleab2phg36hntjbjh9691kskt/gunegogojaxekazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/10382305760e01b5a94c1b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f4ccd70a2---23954705866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d506a9c8d42---vojixotad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a6fb1c646---61209390630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa86a26828---nolulovejixegixuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f1e55ededb66a50bd16279366e3c69c/vuxuwazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/11710625475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5b67b37a18---juwuxunudosivuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f391a0031737ad58808883a2dea504c6/35530036872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=yahoo+finance+message+board+ccivPDF 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_off0001457b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1457B 19296 bytes
SHA-256: ce04d37c3b9c6316e515ba24a04297b9cce87e24b90da2249702e0937b4f03e7
font_01_sfnt_off00017881.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17881 10968 bytes
SHA-256: a718945f4d62ce195d96928ca8086309c21a225d29c1c44faa1fcfe3a259f087
font_02_sfnt_off00019194.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19194 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1