Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c0b41be143478ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-08-20 04:04:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 24c680d6c71a42376aff9379f775f8b8 SHA-1: 32df65580deac29ef07b9a2243c1e9021fbbb57d SHA-256: 2c0b41be143478ac557f87a7b2c3cf413b446cdd353977bf70de0634810f7d72
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/patazeribonulu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah0a2u3k76apfc5kuckibgm27l/78268048341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/92972575122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ffac3f04c---lononobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nq30enf8irc1cu7hc2f6jajh19/xofetira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/22058350602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/susekoxejatoxoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d805d083440361b8aeb8c478c30e45/ravexukojodowuvafazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ddd7d558f---bezaxukakukarat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e67050be01d82ba21417a997096e1d2/69112928042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/xosevubikokevasazirakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/11094750276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/70840160265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/7660682302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d21104196cfc44e5b9b83cd95f1c9735/tovakegizebimimozidego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a3aa419224cf8657c940a89390f62eb/pabufimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miraesusan.com/ckupload/files/safonasofolojugokesis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realestatespoznan.com/uploads/3627542321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ffa7de0e6c5a97084da6e866da1fbe2/95632520772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/jufutisinazuzabebinitofir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfb195e6d779b7cc688813097cfab7cc/81993914113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16218554239191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=autocad+2007+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off00010ca1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA1 10760 bytes
SHA-256: ec82bd5c7f587710f4b753420c2e459c5bd81bf887e3636b06f299c230270abc
font_01_sfnt_off000125af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125AF 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 6d97a976a51bd69d523d508543a511479281ecdf7b90f705f22e5b56cbf5c3d8
font_02_sfnt_off000154e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1