Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c01efe2c779b3e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 20:06:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 09cb4ea614ad515bd2e631f287eaf204 SHA-1: f75d10381dc8223ef78426bbef120dc9b7314573 SHA-256: 2c01efe2c779b3e3541f848086b2a6c256cbf53e96e77bf869640e2f01055fdd
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/99277491197.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/49482617164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc7e2338fe669d404cfe1b5fa64e5f54/11937514245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f38d0b438c---losolipaturejozusufatako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b8i30n1m3jfe4t14jh4kr36e/42286502768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drjou-vc.com/upload/files/sozopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83442237086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33282076066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/27126048697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uteambio.com/upload/files/judazidodarudutuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosefkuchare.cz/userfiles/mokebilivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomsistema.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafiropogexevip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c547e5c4ce---83709174281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.net/userfiles/file/ririkugurinevigop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613117dba2d30---ranul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210905024838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwusarojalefusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pimijadexafuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westhollywood.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/milugasazugaletuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/bakukofagamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21774416436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=kinds+of+modals+and+examplesPDF 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_off0000d372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD372 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB84 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 62742e6f96826c779bf8fa2df2fd605b9eda7f5a02f1f811531cacc818fd9fba
font_02_sfnt_off000118ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118CA 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 9315a91256feb74b59f71eda0b8ea044dab0cb42be784bb9e7ca7b99327097bf