Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c180e67ef1df6f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:37:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2f6d2aee2b99b0cedbcabc451cf33a9c SHA-1: a659b546059fdfaee7aa597973bdf10d9516e2a2 SHA-256: 2c180e67ef1df6f1aa553e59df3f88dcc38459e645e843648d23e22eecf932e1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-based lure, typical of phishing campaigns, containing numerous links to external sites hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content or initiate downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=applications+to+open+pdf+files PDF link annotation
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161238ac17e7cc---xirexinud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca4ff73af93---jesujedefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c11ebdf3bd---kewibefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/vuwuganin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-spec.ru/userfiles/file/26245370919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/92983319210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1418120d33ed09e1d8d0e2e72fabbc35/44505005717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca42c3b75b---89835870755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/20216142052557436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/11245600959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071258c44837---31277295153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/wutubilubifavisuzexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/fasumokokiwibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/pisidosonogutufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/42267144822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df9a1690bd3---69051511032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraemer-duennebacke.de/files/file/wurefigolubanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d84b092b12---60719500976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d3daf0c7d---dibeduxatetutudire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0n86m8p210uv28cktj3d2953j/buliba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161073113b481b---mafomapanukov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/41399416182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/navamafigomife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e6ebd5797---12813275448.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_off0000b38c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB38C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cba3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBA3 10492 bytes
SHA-256: dde4fdd32a69dba4e997f58375cd40e5449133694e6f1e330b08a328ea69a944
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A4 13960 bytes
SHA-256: afc9c96f6468442d9c858d927b8a3aef7d1d2dcda4d4d9fa5fa1fc1637ee9a36