Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2823708501bef01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 18:45:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a71719ed2bb2cf44c7281e6255ccd03a SHA-1: 1c75bb7ff2f0c53d3ceb3b5cc45a35e7120f5584 SHA-256: f2823708501bef017588eef8fe825b3d670c98c4721efb6392d4c7e762a2531f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including random URL links and link farms pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF, likely used for phishing or to download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18ad8ebf3cc0f5b1c9adc97a10c9d703/jebinakarorasusud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/path39nue4aohql67ju8s40ta5/7318876916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3tg8ddrgitduachu3he9r5dmvh/40937311723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7938a5ecb---baxusinubuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609891bc911c9---1303170593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d43824aa491---63274421131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beltamas.by/content/Files/zozosividetubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/1060015188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evpersoneli.net/ev-personeli/file/54294678685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meta-min.com/files/53480849677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610312de917c0---82141692126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26c39c8282---vunemilojizixidezubowagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/733fa8a6138dfed7c204456a14342248/20258353176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/rinitafexanareligaxudipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48d8bd879c---51818040734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/97610524722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/kesunobogelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaobienbang.vn/upload/fck/file/bewov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/19934959676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://physocare.com/Images_upload/files/45361315835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/rolajuxovibarukeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/98382299418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=biblia+de+jerusalen+para+estudio+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_off0000fda9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA9 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 1d88c88d1f5cc32faa2ba967fba628f5ea2e86668e1ca0f26feddc664b2c871d
font_01_sfnt_off000116c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C2 18700 bytes
SHA-256: e9ee898c504833eda348d8b2f7b62d928d9ab6b2f36983ca5f1880961360113d
font_02_sfnt_off0001468f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1468F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1