Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a00c0020cbcf9b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 23:06:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d67ecc97d4bc428c05d8dcdb1a299d9b SHA-1: dd6d02bf4b861e9d117e06731c069756efab0501 SHA-256: 2a00c0020cbcf9b5c0731ec8544ffa17939cf0e52555d1525129de51e72eab6b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/kuvomudebatised.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40625528688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/xemigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dulsuc.cl/userfiles/file/39920756989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/42e093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/78214726075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofantino.it/userfiles/files/zitonikuritopijakurexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/besitujalawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318e890fc36---3022973835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313843b62c4---24059903301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ccfc8ddcf---53505598599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e6cfc1e95---wejibaduripuvanewezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badexolajetozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/mipojiloxexosix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/gufosenunivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/fepudowufemomatotowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivivimoxipetoguvom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repairbase.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/images/file/nunalitirafarak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s29qv6kb0jk7uh1u1jrkptud2u/93324900522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classoft.ro/userfiles/file/lukuvazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/bofipadonekojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/70777118880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--elementy-zczne-kwb98g.pl/media/file/35292712443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franciscojaviermoreno.com/DocsCKeditor/files/kuzekalatopunidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsevolozhsk.mebel18.com/uploads/files/bonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/pinimawizezato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=8+letter+word+starts+with+oPDF 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_off0000c983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC983 17648 bytes
SHA-256: a52cfa6b8ee773c92d416806529620497601ed9da18bdff196f538829b576909
font_01_sfnt_off0000f716.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF716 10440 bytes
SHA-256: d6ba12f1d01a8a19496f611f91ba2924919d2e2e84dbaf6dc2985263dd174dd0
font_02_sfnt_off00010eed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1