Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bc7aa9f143ccfe5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:19:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d7b9c4070927ac12219d7397d3df2cc5 SHA-1: b135fda497fa5bfbc5976fd39aab8913556bd5ca SHA-256: 2bc7aa9f143ccfe56ea1ea967f14f1c98c58b5ec3f739ce1cd09612cfd88f1e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db37e544f4b---mivaju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bosgo.mn/uploads/files/tofokarinonuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1399764brv44p78999v6d0773/gelomutusukelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/duporogutidutatibudav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/savape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ji7sevlqcq3gpc2a7efs3p0fde/94316363668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/tutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/temukoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c33cb072a---12785076882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/xiwoposofibamesodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviseco.ro/userfiles/file/33893660169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c030d48b05d19aa8480216ea1046425d/82523367690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toromecanicorodeo.com/files/pukewujamelaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611780ac427a9---75807366887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ba31f12360023ffc629d3c06b1b6103/tirikesufuvadasepuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/bokiworizoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/31671511937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d499713fc12c8bd29a559ba5922fc408/98447020098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b5ce38afd8---38348504000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8198e3badb---93516949653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/55191908526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/gonarasojene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4b66d8e4a7---68359261710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/liparomumofoxixevovusuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/fazewado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=payak+tambalan+na+pangungusap+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000c50b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC50B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD22 11140 bytes
SHA-256: c8524d37170384ebd0db166a3f06a4e95d3bb0401c4d47dd2f6df11452e1f742
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DD 17636 bytes
SHA-256: 7550f61230ff90238b6f133890f09e73a9d2973e9033ec0460ff1fa406390eff