Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c023881e153f583…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 19:15:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4991b8081537358890b1db98c01ba562 SHA-1: 6f8a5c55529271f1321a16f21ba1371892fe64f7 SHA-256: 2c023881e153f583194321bea87cf70d0d5dc6ce0a7e042a4a503301ddcee25d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external links, including those pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=warplanes+online+combat+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/didiluvezumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bea6a13716---20560221194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/negosefatenefiwugur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7n92nd4riq5bjpooq3tug50hj/bedewogurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/40828738085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juginisenerupuwafuvizipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/xawipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tolebotowovife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/wutonetixidebuxeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145113a4ae2d---54116882072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niagarablock.com/application/webroot/userfiles/file/madudaluritol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9fcfa1426cb7e96b5eff9b8b85bf8b9/gaguxotekibudixisekepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613042bcd046d---feviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomalubitabefuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnhaihui.com/userfiles/file/20210912211835_1352416052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/38245603436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eqletstalk.com/uploads/files/202109131634209078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuecpa.com/file_media/file_image/file/68706955570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaomamma.hu/editor_up/80669480343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/70601590870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ae32f1508---kemisilososavodovewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/safelolilolemoribo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/midofenevujuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cd48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD48 20424 bytes
SHA-256: 807d3b6cf297186e2257ed7f53c004ed78ae469d8ea2c525215d9ffec02d60f3
font_01_sfnt_off000102ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102AD 10900 bytes
SHA-256: ece86925241e4097a90d483ebcd79e116d2e3294d4d88802435911b8dc64f09a
font_02_sfnt_off00011ba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1