Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfef2bc759d0d819…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a4dcfcf65b7a35daa999c40bc17bba98 SHA-1: cc897d22f86c30ffb1d861c663aec1bf310a1023 SHA-256: dfef2bc759d0d819e4003182cfd00f260dbcf36d900fc250789d4d7162d8a264
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/newulexovixu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/borasalobijowikijavor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/88178080008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/83811586914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/51188719287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e68f80dddfe6e688e00adfea26fd7b/35933459515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/21595202946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/18176573647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/tukamizin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/mifigutaxepivirivafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2107677863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d278f14af0a14a483e866ec34d11344/wokemojaguvixexeludewafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/gilexazozalelijuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/kamalibazavirozisonekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f7055912637d38a39b38f395d3e4a6d/64586849996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0r5paeo9fvvfdg8iqmme3q270/vinunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/kapozudubube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/xefuxapepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b515203a732521fa4d40bbdad3844844/6408572048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangiyaparishadtoronto.ca/bpt/editor/uploadfiles/18918558593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecb8acd8d782291a2ebbdde3ef296d10/zabemerakafowiwedop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed86bbc39f29c6cf6f9e3d22cefbc95/gokakodeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/xevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/sexuzukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae5f274bbad6442e6009118f1ea7685/47096449094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hindu+history+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_off0000da1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA1B 16156 bytes
SHA-256: fff05a2d678068a441414dcfa0b80d34708cb54794a5e3967bb47c6a7a9961c3
font_01_sfnt_off000103c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011be0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BE0 10460 bytes
SHA-256: b393dcf26597d39e1f82a6fe31e5085d9944c8df1b65e2f1c0e74588144f4a04