Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 213c2b1d549f2c96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.2 KB Created: 2021-07-10 01:25:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f3bc68814f2277e6f8e2d214ae5230bb SHA-1: e860483f0ab1f811381e89513985444074edf5af SHA-256: 213c2b1d549f2c96428a2974bb72f785b7800952c1caa81a40c17bb4d158ff63
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware delivery campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/zawos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b9cb5c8ed---88398499107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://filetorme.com/upload/files/41757523873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b7ba0df97---62812885890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210619222153_w6f8k9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutoruvumewuvopupiturasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b294b93ee4a---bitebuxuvilidamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33c2f3ffc2---xexexuresifitazuruzete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/79267996848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ecb9993c1---37540853533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39itpfisdpa0taflndqt8t2j34/piwadapaduxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/vojexagofurukutiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abca47685cd---44020350855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d678ad22e---64002831669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6faa743edc---16806640744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15a4ccdf70---dogosuximazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galgalesh.com/userfiles/file/dajemegisetazorodebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac69bb63c7324dcef50bbf7561538cdc/65338164517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd0a5b22ec6bac00cd812ec827496b53/97473144747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/21000887011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/rizubuvularijikikavibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=treatment+of+acute+glomerulonephritis+in+childPDF 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_off000173a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x173A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00018bbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18BBB 11132 bytes
SHA-256: d83ac5c6ee38bca0128e51f53e0e5e6c1d37754935255de0e3c5e33ee37e1306
font_02_sfnt_off0001a549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A549 19400 bytes
SHA-256: 97a800d3151e3cf19101a75159a8802eff6acbdacc67139cca3a35cbaee261bc