Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c2046ed80210bf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

173.1 KB Created: 2021-10-14 23:30:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 098a58f357923fe2f74d8eedba17135d SHA-1: 3d9bae721f06244ec681f6d84be400c81558125a SHA-256: 2c2046ed80210bf59f79e539b30b998f834ee271ebdc92e62a51999d7ff054c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and delivering malicious content. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://nsstore.mx/ckeditor/ckfinder/archivossubidos/files/pimifalavolofiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kristiankutschera.de/userfiles/file/77382437736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaccugiare24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/12717037867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42067231642fda2a5f71eba2b42487ee/81100504693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402f464af69---14225621384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vifogetupiwogarazowale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naim.naparts.com/images/fck/file/18253529916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zawaluwonatepowupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expnavi.com/sites/all/sites/default/files/file/92608949376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140748896009---vonojagexuwodelujibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/towugogeworusipodaran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.eu/userfiles/file/tekoriguxisujesiwudetupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335b8f7a2c5---boridetanevuwugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synfarm.com/upload/files/81484303067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9gdrns65aileustoh8v7tfs2bs/ravemilulizarejob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57892579750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/vesibemobotumedijawof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-klinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mekuxasiwuxalelojiborub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210908/file/16310873096672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/56814463160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/93779471660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9a0202373---kamixevaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/keporedosinozetazezikego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/jujabisifasekufonikano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/5bhJmFgkeCE/uplcv?utm_term=leave+policy+manualPDF 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_off00024272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24272 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 025b0373e247676dec5c2e7a818f923590d756914a84caa20f16cbf974150518
font_01_sfnt_off000259ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x259FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00027211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27211 19672 bytes
SHA-256: 02e2b565b86657d930b6c11228518c673efc19933334b66448c83479ec655903