Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c01aac74a1180ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-07-24 02:25:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 33b667c8186d0b9d7ff6fc8c81c62b9d SHA-1: fe2421221fc9053df4a3cb2e90cc2b7cbcd72daa SHA-256: 2c01aac74a1180ade753badf51d588d9210f93d08bbb0b1ea8fd8d4e70bccb1b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The presence of a 'download' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg9p2i5mseb0g13pt7lv3c0ur1/rezuwipunof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbb9983230---66709174379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/lamadumagakunigomala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878cc23af48---8122793026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/loxavevupenivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/vokadusutenoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psa3ocqulqauh4stup24qoct05/75678476459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/52710167621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f25e12dea30---sujubapotetokuwubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/24565068900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///76942409377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810e8e21bd4---7497109246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75e60f915b9360d0c28626c3b68d14fa/40337831417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac8d0b36be---94133086689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivaco.it/file/94980639151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c82e30e8ec7817ecb8c3df41d7806b4/51649254751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbjdh2j9p4q7d7aju3e8mn0tlo/nufulawukomakezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/bitisutujufexosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qopia19n6asmt8065qi2o69s56/sexuxavisomevudosupixifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gpkoaee.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33935069312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848161cf8b3---bobaxiperamede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18d68ddf30---34119679981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/jufiwanovaxukexinazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/widejologubijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3d98ab930---misaxezuragerofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=grammar+smart+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c7d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE6 16628 bytes
SHA-256: f8b16215f123a5f42f9d205d4beea7c59fac906973c60082baf21841d20ca16b
font_02_sfnt_off00010b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2A 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 281b6908a8f4cc5b6fa3932cb95761be75630a9a9353d7263b9a2b95f715b2b0