Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c0630ab2f8f1ddd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-08-03 02:49:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1b0b31af9cb2b504447d00ff02705e60 SHA-1: 66fc6104a1a53b6e55e2e838c4960bda11e2cd3f SHA-256: 2c0630ab2f8f1dddcd5db02724d629f2d845bdd89fbae52b187f8d2993f2e7dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d6d11d4c7---judawovafobeterarikesa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608453cc994e2---gukutugizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf93924c2b9---32560269832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/54556787986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/sugudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetraeng.it/userfiles/files/61837552022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuketoansg.com/luutru/files/dazet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/67117808460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/12817101698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609066a029e57---9090475496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s8c02nptj1sufmo4lbm3as80r/38462797893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce1a20194d9d480d8ca98317869ca995/39432452325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867451cc5fe---6105998991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609670c7bd63f---dupupugojaropewaberatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc55f89b46---gimujaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-5/20210505210144706053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/25139935285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a957970f66---pagilavugolulefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/rogufululogopanupabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f5d0327ba---76075682079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harryfok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63932334617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a6d6cdd12be58df276ab175728b7dfb/78294403579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1966reunion.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8f1639ee69cd7806809ed3bcda9bb/File/24652151670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/zifabudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sintomas+da+trombose+venosa+profundaPDF 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_off0000fc00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011412.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11412 18780 bytes
SHA-256: af7bfe8e491bab444bec055dbf1c6f032c67ffc1f7ec06898fa23a77f8d71ed6
font_02_sfnt_off0001415e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1415E 10996 bytes
SHA-256: ddbae79a60ae0631999261da196baa41d060e46afa80bd87f06c066355a74cda