Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c2fde576631e465…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 22:28:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 722cf1aa461cfb29f37f6f4058bee855 SHA-1: 4f44c0c8511dd8aecb3f7828c6f64b4083ba7504 SHA-256: 0c2fde576631e465b8a384dacba365a8fc3bc17a4a6e14a7c1baf1893559a227
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing sites. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/fonepizotuxodepumagid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed11e8bf31f1bb6d1ee123d7fc3ba35/77300164791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db5966ee2cd9386a29e3d429223e0b19/semewepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7944544a6965aa0452577315fdce937f/96027576029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb53f67b6c---50159067508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images//fck/file/50007474518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b7c51f256---60198827783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bbcac36da---27508461326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd5821fa9bcd3309ad98dd3d7a571f1b/basekojamuwumebadex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7360796f38---digoresuwazirubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/44743728470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3dd735de2d---35530679898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/mozewawoxusajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607722131fd54---56539331602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/kijasokezibulupezosagexod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/nusuzosexadebijovivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isspskola.lv/userfiles/files/14021108871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/52918574559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/63674832905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/krjo5uoehqs27f5615slr2du63/16480377376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0f77d9757---53601509878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hardware+components+of+personal+computerPDF 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_off0000d86a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f07c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF07C 16996 bytes
SHA-256: 82c190beeb4c6a52d70d4303a432b2cc4fa9343fbff0579f85ee7c3a2bbdb50b
font_02_sfnt_off00011c72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C72 10868 bytes
SHA-256: b30cd5cb02b414991b2c4e7406be8ead789b431d33604a279a7d835355bab1b6