Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c069fb8b1317160…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 00:19:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: bc60e15ad236a4f4ccc423e1beb179b1 SHA-1: 09ee5f10058358f5f844a476ed3257a03541ac48 SHA-256: 2c069fb8b1317160d3d7abcf3aa73ac989f3482380925f3ce579551e30d6e9dd
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a password-protected-archive lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libro+quimica+basica+di+risio+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/99680287570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610abefa90b95---lolenozojemuzuvotipijofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89e5a3eed63e6c5d94876dc741d283e4/97643581948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfac050834---27443717810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/58285302308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3c589fa31706bf3092c03e57b37da8/34505508686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/65220220814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e6eaa9c98---97981641181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/noxafowalel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/37603180289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keyseries.us/userfiles/file/75914093249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tah7e42hp1shhe9n0tgmsitilr/96397423016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/48543484018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e10c6c05f---powison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70aa66347c5199f65e5f56f3b4138cf9/bazinovuxapuwobiwideka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hintzfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/12/12a2788c5de59b93c87e4eff35998d4f/File/vuxijejevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e04875a9b64---12068064023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8f045e4a7d19a0ef9ee5585faf1663c/12174916871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d212fdbf71a6e76becea78f9892809b3/89878881943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/sefixikupineli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/nokedaripusozufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5b375cb42d09f55325ec3830c32ac2a/fibilixukifowanes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/rozakesotuz.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_off0000e430.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE430 18988 bytes
SHA-256: a9ab5942f91415430f47737548d00ddda9e3d3607c60b3af52aa98f63c81fdfe
font_01_sfnt_off000114cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114CF 10744 bytes
SHA-256: db5a50a1bf98b74651b0a3643dbf1d7983af0bf97a7bb88694e8505dde44dab4
font_02_sfnt_off00012d15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1